Genetics and Evolution of Infectious Diseases

Covers the main features and applications in the study of infectious diseases to illustrate modern technologies and evolutionary approaches

Michel Tibayrenc (Edited by)

9780127999425

Hardback, published 14 February 2017

686 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 3.6 cm, 1.18 kg

668 pages

1. Recent Developments in the Definition and Official Names of Virus Species2. A Theory-Based Pragmatism for Discovering and Classifying Newly Divergent Species of Bacterial Pathogens3. Population Structure of Pathogenic Bacteria4. Epidemiology and Evolution of Fungal Pathogens in Plants and Animals5. Clonal Evolution6. Coevolution of Host and Pathogen7. Microbes as Tracers of Past Human Demography and Migrations8. Phylogenetic Analysis of Pathogens9. Evolutionary Responses to Infectious Disease10. Infectious Disease Genomics11. Proteomics and Host–Pathogen Interactions: A Bright Future?12. The Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance13. Modern Morphometrics of Medically Important Arthropods14. Evolution of Resistance to Insecticide in Disease Vectors15. Genetics of Major Insect Vectors16. Multilocus Sequence Typing of Pathogens: Methods, Analyses, and Applications17. Next-Generation Sequencing, Bioinformatics, and Infectious Diseases18. Genomics of Infectious Diseases and Private Industry19. Current Progress in the Pharmacogenetics of Infectious Disease Therapy20. Genetic Exchange in Trypanosomatids and Its Relevance to Epidemiology21. Genomic Insights Into the Past, Current, and Future Evolution of Human Parasites of the Genus Plasmodium22. Integrated Genetic Epidemiology of Chagas Disease23. Adaptive Evolution of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex to Different Hosts24. The Evolution and Dynamics of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus25. Origin and Emergence of HIV/AIDS26. Evolution of SARS Coronavirus and the Relevance of Modern Molecular Epidemiology27. Ecology and Evolution of Avian Influenza Viruses

Subject Areas: Microbiology [non-medical PSG], Infectious & contagious diseases [MJCJ]