Cholera : symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment / Evelyn L. Melbourne, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Melbourne, Evelyn L.

Series:

Tropical diseases-- etiology, pathogenesis, and treatments series.

Public health in the 21st century series.

Tropical diseases - etiology, pathogenesis and treatments

Public health in the 21st century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cholera.

Vibrio infections.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cholera is a life-threatening diarrheal disease that can spread rapidly and in explosive epidemics from one region to another, affecting large numbers of people. V. cholerae, a gram-negative motile bacterium, is the causative agent of this intestinal disease. This book presents topical research from across the globe in the study of cholera; its symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. Some topics discussed, herein, include emergence of new virulence factors of vibrio cholera as potential vaccine candidates, possible targets for quorum quenching of vibrio cholerae, the environmental reservoirs and vector of vibrio cholerae, and current African perspectives of cholera.

Contents:

Current perspectives on the pathogenesis of vibrio cholerae Non-O1, Non-O139 / Prasanta K. Bag

Cholera : current African perspectives / E. Madoroba

Emergence of new virulence factors of vibrio cholera as potential vaccine candidates / Sujata Ghosh, Shalmoli Bhattacharyya

Methods based on binding affinity of the B-subunit of cholera toxin to gangliosides in biochemistry and histology / František Šmíd ... [et al.]

Quorum quenching : imminent targets in vibrio cholerae / S. Princy Adline ... [et al.]

Vibrio cholerae biofilm and virulence gene expression : a perception towards quorum sensing / S. Princy Adline ... [et al.]

Ability to neutralize cholera toxin of mammalian milk through expression of its receptor, ganglioside GM1 / Masao Iwamori

The environmental reservoirs and vector of vibrio cholerae / Malka Halpern, Ido Izhaki

Impact of climate and environmental factors on the epidemiology of vibrio cholerae in aquatic ecosystems / Violeta Trinidad Pardío Sedas.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61122-151-X

OCLC:

780442619