Overview
- Covers the 7 main genera: Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Midichloria, Neorickettsia, Orientia, Rickettsia, and Wolbachia
- Discusses novel vaccination strategies and therapies
- Contributions by experts on Rickettsiales diseases
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About this book
Insect-transmitted rickettsiales diseases are significant sources of morbidity and mortality all over the world. Their incidence has been increasing in recent years in large part due to climate change and the movement of animals carrying the insect vectors. Currently there are no effective vaccines against diseases caused by members of the order Rickettsiales. Rickettsiales diseases are often misdiagnosed; this book is intended to serve as a tool for their understanding and diagnosis.
Rickettsiales covers the seven main genera: Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Midichloria, Neorickettsia, Orientia, Rickettsia and Wolbachia. Discussion of each genus includes immunology and molecular biology of host-pathogen interactions, epidemiology and diagnosis, and vaccination strategies and therapies.
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Rickettsiales: Importance and Taxonomy
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Rickettsiales: Diagnosis and Management of Diseases
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Anaplasma
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Ehrlichia
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Midichloria
Editors and Affiliations
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Wynnewood, PA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rickettsiales
Book Subtitle: Biology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, and Vaccine Development
Editors: Sunil Thomas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46859-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-46857-0Published: 27 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83603-4Published: 17 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-46859-4Published: 20 December 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 529
Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations, 81 illustrations in colour
Topics: Vaccine, Bacteriology, Infectious Diseases