Vibrio cholerae and cholera : molecular to global perspectives /
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| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, c1994. |
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| Description: | xi, 465 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 27 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1740788 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The bacterium Vibrio cholerae
- Isolation and identification of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae 01 from fecal specimens
- Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae in food and water
- Detection of cholera toxin genes
- Detection of toxins of Vibrio cholerae 01 and non-01
- Non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae 01 infections in the United States
- Molecular basis for O-antigen biosynthesis in Vibrio cholerae 01
- Ogawa-Inaba switching
- Non-O group 1 Vibrio cholerae
- Vibrios in the environment
- Serologic diagnosis of Vibrio cholerae 01 infection
- Virulence factors
- Toxins of Vibrio cholerae 01
- Regulation of toxin (CT) expressions
- The toxin-coregulated pilus: biogenesis and function
- Animal models in cholera research
- Cholera: the disease
- Cholera: pathophysiology
- Immunity to Vibrio cholerae infection
- Host susceptibility
- Epidemiology and surveillance
- Cholera before 1970
- The African epidemic 1970-92
- Endemic cholera in Australia and the United States
- The Latin American epidemic
- Transmission of cholera
- Molecular epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae 01
- Cholera surveillance
- Vaccines
- Polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccines for prevention of cholera
- Molecular recombinant cholera vaccines
- Protective oral cholera vaccine based on a combination of cholera toxin B subunit and inactivated Cholera vibrios
- Public health consideration for the use of cholera vaccines in cholera control programs
- Cholera: the future
- Cholera: unanswered questions
