Medical microbiology & virology books

Malignant growth of cells is often characterized by disorganization of tissue structure, abnormal blood vessel development,...  Read More >>

It may now be possible to ask how memory cells are generated and to define what signals are required during or after...  Read More >>

The International Congress on Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology and Immunology, held in 1990 (RAMI-90)...  Read More >>

Postreplicative methylation of bacterial DNA has long been known to be the molecular basis of"" modification,""...  Read More >>

Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) control several viral infections in animals based on deletion and reconstitution experiments...  Read More >>

Provided here is an up-to-date survey of gene transfers inthe main natural habitats, with a special reference togenetically...  Read More >>

Lyssaviruses are the etiological agents of rabies, one of the oldest documented and feared maladies in medical history....  Read More >>

Main topics covered: B-Cell Development; Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement; Multiple Myeloma, Plasmactomas; Lymphomas:...  Read More >>

The purpose of this volume is to highlight some current areas of poxvirus research which are likely to be particularly...  Read More >>

Oral immunization has a fascinating and frequently successful history, yet it has been largely overshadowed by other...  Read More >>

We live today in a world densely populated by human beings living in close commu­ nication with one another all...  Read More >>

Whereas the early vaccines could only use the enhanced resistance against infectious disease as a measure of vaccine...  Read More >>

Fish lymphocystis disease virus (FLDV) has been tentatively classified as a separate genus of the iridovirus family....  Read More >>

This volume covers all aspects of the antibiotic discovery and development process through Phase II/III.  Read More >>

This volume offers a comprehensive review of tumor virology. It examines the many aspects of cancer-related viruses...  Read More >>

Crystalline surface layers (S-layers) represent an almost universal feature of archaebacterial cell envelopes and...  Read More >>

Among the first diseases for which a viral etiology was esta- blished were tumors, lymphomas, and sarcomas in chickens,...  Read More >>

Bacterial capsules thus enable the pathogenic bacteria to survive in the host by counter­ action or evasion of the...  Read More >>

A few months ago, at least 500 people developed shigellosis in northern France in an outbreak of Shigella sonnei...  Read More >>

Transmission between humans was originally reco­ gnized in the unique epidemiology of kuru in New Guinea tribesmen,...  Read More >>

First, a variety of genetic and protein structural evidence suggests that two discrete genes - both a variable region...  Read More >>

When comparing the number of contributions for the proceedings of the third symposium on The Influence of Antibiotics...  Read More >>

Several discoveries are noteworthy for allowing us to probe the recesses of the virus­ infected cell and to search...  Read More >>

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Recognition and Response in Plant-Virus Interactions, held...  Read More >>

It is surprising, and even disappointing, that there have been very few meetings and published volumes resulting...  Read More >>