Unifying Microbial Mechanisms

Name: Unifying Microbial Mechanisms
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780815345404
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Shared Strategies of Pathogenesis

By Michael F. Cole

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Unifying Microbial Mechanisms delves into the study of microbial pathogenesis, exploring how microbes including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and multicellular parasites cause infectious diseases and affect human health. It highlights the growing concern of antibiotic resistance, the limited availability of effective antiviral drugs, and the persistent threat of epidemics such as bird flu and Ebola. The book also discusses the ongoing challenges posed by parasitic diseases like malaria, especially in the context of climate change. This work addresses the urgent need for deeper understanding through research and education in microbial mechanisms.
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This book is essential for students, researchers, and professionals in health and wellness fields seeking comprehensive knowledge on infectious diseases and microbial pathogenesis. It suits those interested in current public health challenges and advances in microbiology.

Microbial pathogenesis is the study of the mechanisms by which microbes cause infectious disease and make their hosts ill. With the rise of antibiotic resistance, there is an urgent need to understand microbial mechanisms through research programmes and university courses dedicated to the subject.

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Unifying Microbial Mechanisms explores the study of microbial pathogenesis, focusing on the mechanisms by which microbes, including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and multicellular parasites, cause infectious diseases that make their human hosts ill.

Bacterial infections, once thought easily treatable, are becoming a significant concern again due to the well-publicised rise of antibiotic resistance. Additionally, there are very few effective antiviral drugs, and we live with the threat of epidemics such as bird flu, alongside outbreaks of viruses like the recent (and ongoing) Ebola crisis.

Parasitic diseases, such as malaria, continue to pose a heavy burden in the developing world and, with climate change, may spread into the developed world. This situation reflects an urgent need to understand microbial mechanisms, spurring ongoing research programmes and university courses dedicated to this vital subject.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780815345404

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 September 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: CRC Press Inc

Illustration: 64 Tables, black and white; 151 Illustrations, color; 17 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 950g

Pages: 364

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About the Author

Mike Cole is an experienced instructor at Georgetown University where he is professor of microbiology and immunology and teaches microbial pathogenesis, immunology, and bacteriology. His research interests are into the regulation of commensal and pathogenic bacteria at the mucosal surface by the secretory immune response and the ontogeny of the secretory immune system. He regularly attends the ASM education conference and is the author of half the bacterial cases in Case Studies in Infectious Disease.