Bacterial Virulence: Basic Principles, Models and Global ApproachesISBN: 978-3-527-32326-5
Hardcover
340 pages
April 2010, Wiley-Blackwell
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Starting with basic principles, this reference and handbook discusses examples of the most advanced models of bacterial infection with regard to their value as paradigms to understand the molecular cross-talks between microbes and their host and tissue targets. It adopts a very forward-looking, advanced approach, placing special emphasis on the main global challenges facing scientists today, such as pathogenicity vs. commensalisms, infections in immunocompromised hosts and species specificity issues.