Handbook of Meningococcal Disease

Description:

Summarizes the implications of the meningococcus genome-sequencing project, emphasizing the novel strategies in vaccine development. Following a look at the history, the authors go on to treat the epidemiology of meningococcal disease, as well as the genetics, structure and function of virulence factors. Further chapters cover cross-talk between meningococci and host cells, genomics and immunobiology.

subjects: Medizinische Mikrobiologie,  Neisseria meningitidis,  Cerebrospinal Meningitis,  Impfstoff,  Communicable Disease Control,  MEDICAL,  Molekularbiologie,  Meningococcal Vaccines,  Diseases,  Neurology,  Meningitis cerebrospinalis epidemica,  Meningococcal Meningitis,  HEALTH & FITNESS,  Nervous System (incl. Brain),  Meningitis,  Encephalomyelitis,  Infection,  Vaccination,  Prevention & control,  Pathogenicity