Handbook of Meningococcal Disease
Subtitle: Infection Biology, Vaccination, Clinical Management
Contributors: Matthias Frosch (Editor); Martin C. J. Maiden (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Published: September 14, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9783527312603
Subjects: Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Medical / Immunology; Immunology
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.