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Ending the war metaphor : the changing agenda for unraveling the host-microbe relationship : workshop summary / Forum on Microbial Threats, Board on Global Health.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Host-parasite relationships--Congresses.
- Host-parasite relationships.
- Communicable diseases--Transmission--Congresses.
- Communicable diseases.
- Microbiology--Congresses.
- Microbiology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 286 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Infectious diseases have existed longer than us, as long as us, or are relatively newer than us. This title examines knowledge and approaches to learning about the bacterial inhabitants of the human gut, the known host-microbe system, and findings from studies of microbial communities associated with other mammals, fish, plants, soil, and insects.
- Contents:
- Microbial communities of the gut
- Beyond the gut : insights from other host-microbe systems
- The ecology of pathogenesis
- The host response to pathogens
- Addressing complexity in microbial host communities
- Manipulating host-microbe interactions : probiotic research and regulations.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-309-18012-0
- 1-280-56753-8
- 9786610567539
- 0-309-54904-3
- OCLC:
- 923276910
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