Antigenic Variation
- 1st Edition - August 20, 2003
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Alister G. Craig, Artur Scherf
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 8 8 4 5 6 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 7 5 8 8 - 2
The topic of antigenic variation is important in both biology and medicine. It is of enormous interest, as it describes the process(es) whereby microorganisms 'shift shape', by… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe topic of antigenic variation is important in both biology and medicine. It is of enormous interest, as it describes the process(es) whereby microorganisms 'shift shape', by genetic rearrangement or otherwise. In medical terms, this has a major impact on the infectious disease process, since the immune system has great difficulty in keeping up with this variation, and thus eliminating the infectious agent. Antigenic variation is a major method by which microbes evade the immune response, and persist in the body.The broad scope of the book appeals to all those working in the field of infectious disease, immunology of infection, pathogenesis, molecular biology and also to evolutionary biologists. Topics covered include not only bacterial species, and viruses such as influenza, HIV, Rotavirus, but also eukaryotic parasites - one of the most fascinating groups of organisms exhibiting this behaviour.
Comprehensive coverage of antigenic variation from viruses to parasites
Discussions devoted to molecular mechanisms of host evasion
Detailed descriptions of host/pathogen interactions
Discussions devoted to molecular mechanisms of host evasion
Detailed descriptions of host/pathogen interactions
Research level infectious disease specialists, microbiologists, immunologists, molecular biologists, virologists, parasitologists,and evolutionary biologists
Synthesis of allelic/antigenic variation
HIV variation - a question of signal-to-noise
Calicivirus
Influenza, the chameleon virus
Rotaviruses
Mycoplasma
Haemophilus Influenzae
Phase Variation in Helicobacter pylori Lipopolysaccharide
Genetic Variation in the Pathogenic Neisseria Species
Candida Albicans
The MSG Gene Family and Antigenic Variation in the Fungus P. carinii
Trypanosome Antigenic Variation - a heavy investment in the evasion of immunity
Antigenic variation in Anaplasma marginale and Ehrlichia (Cowdria) ruminantium
Antigenic Variation and its' Significance to Babsesia
Antigenic Variation in Plasmodium falciparum and other Plasmodium
Species
Antigenic Variation in Borrelia: Relapsing Fever and Lyme Borreliosis
Surface Antigenic Variation in Giardia lamblia
Free-living and Parasitic Ciliates:The Impact of Antigenic Variation on Pathogen Population Structure, Fitness and Dynamics
HIV variation - a question of signal-to-noise
Calicivirus
Influenza, the chameleon virus
Rotaviruses
Mycoplasma
Haemophilus Influenzae
Phase Variation in Helicobacter pylori Lipopolysaccharide
Genetic Variation in the Pathogenic Neisseria Species
Candida Albicans
The MSG Gene Family and Antigenic Variation in the Fungus P. carinii
Trypanosome Antigenic Variation - a heavy investment in the evasion of immunity
Antigenic variation in Anaplasma marginale and Ehrlichia (Cowdria) ruminantium
Antigenic Variation and its' Significance to Babsesia
Antigenic Variation in Plasmodium falciparum and other Plasmodium
Species
Antigenic Variation in Borrelia: Relapsing Fever and Lyme Borreliosis
Surface Antigenic Variation in Giardia lamblia
Free-living and Parasitic Ciliates:The Impact of Antigenic Variation on Pathogen Population Structure, Fitness and Dynamics
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 20, 2003
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 464
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780123884565
- eBook ISBN: 9780080475882
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Alister G. Craig
Affiliations and expertise
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, U.K.AS
Artur Scherf
Affiliations and expertise
Institut Pasteur, Paris, FranceRead Antigenic Variation on ScienceDirect