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Legionnaires disease, a potentially fatal type of pneumonia primarily affecting elderly and immuno-compromised persons, is caused by the ubiquitous environmental bacterium Legionella pneumophila . This book offers authoritative reviews of different facets of its virulence, focusing on comparative phagocyte infection, virulence gene regulation, biochemical functions of effector proteins and cellular pathogen-host interactions, as well as host responses and immunity to L. pneumophila . Taken together, the contributions in this compilation provide a state-of-the-art overview of current insights into the molecular pathogenesis of the opportunistic and potentially fatal pathogen L. pneumophila .§

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Book category Books in English Medicine Medicine: general issues Medical equipment & techniques

• Full title: Molecular Mechanisms in Legionella Pathogenesis
• Author: Hubert Hilbi
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 295
• EAN: 9783642405907
• ISBN: 3642405908
• ID: 02016935
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
• Weight: 5856 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 155 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 23. October 2013

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