Salmonella Infections
Clinical, Immunological and Molecular Aspects

Integrated view of clinical, molecular and immunological aspects of the biology of Salmonella enterica infections.

Pietro Mastroeni (Edited by), Duncan Maskell (Author)

9780521835046, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 9 February 2006

400 pages, 10 b/w illus. 5 colour illus. 19 tables
23.5 x 16 x 2.4 cm, 0.772 kg

'Whether your interests lie in human or animal infection, in the virulence factors that make Salmonella such a successful pathogen, or even in the ability of Salmonella to be used for the immunotherapy of cancer, this book should prove a useful addition to bookshelves in libraries and research labs.' Jay Hinton, Institute of Food Research

Salmonella enterica encompasses a diverse range of bacteria that cause a spectrum of diseases in many hosts. Advancements in prevention and treatment of S. enterica infections have at times been hampered by compartmentalization of research efforts and lack of multidisciplinary approaches. This book attempts to cover a diverse range of topics related to the biology of S. enterica infections, including epidemiological and clinical aspects, molecular pathogenesis, immunity to disease and vaccines. S. enterica infections are important zoonoses and therefore material on infections of animals and public health issues have also been considered. Each chapter can be read independently, but the full contents of the book will provide the reader with up-to-date knowledge on all the key aspects of salmonellosis in humans and animals. It will therefore be of interest to graduate students and researchers, as well as to clinicians, whose research focuses on this important pathogen.

1. Epidemiological and clinical aspects of human typhoid fever Christopher M. Parry
2. Antibiotic resistance in Salmonella infections Fiona J. Cooke and John Wain
3. Host-specificity of Salmonella infections in animal species Timothy S. Wallis
4. Public health aspects of Salmonella enterica in food production Tom Humphrey
5. The Salmonella genome: a global view Anne L. Bishop, Gordon Dougan and Stephen Baker
6. Pathogenicity islands and virulence of Salmonella enterica Michael Hensel
7. In vivo identification, expression and function of Salmonella virulence genes Helen Andrews-Polymenis, Caleb W. Dorsey, Manuela Raffatellu and Andreas J. Bäumler
8. Mechanisms of immunity to Salmonella infections Pietro Mastroeni
9. Interactions of Salmonella enterica with phagocytic cells Bruce D. McCollister and Andres Vazquez-Torres
10. Interactions between Salmonella and dendritic cells: what happens along the way? Cecilia Johansson, Malin Sundquist and Mary Jo Wick
11. Immunity to Salmonella in domestic (food animal) species Paul Wigley, Paul Barrow and Bernardo Villarreal-Ramos
12. Newer vaccines against typhoid fever and gastrointestinal Salmonelloses Richard A. Strugnell and Odilia L. C. Wijburg
13. Salmonella enterica-based antigen delivery systems José A. Chabalgoity.

Subject Areas: Microbiology [non-medical PSG], Medical microbiology & virology [MMFM], Immunology [MJCM], Infectious & contagious diseases [MJCJ]