Helicobacter pylori in the 21st century /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2010.
• Series: Advances in molecular and cellular microbiology ; 17.
• Subjects: Helicobacter pylori infections.; Helicobacter Infections.; Helicobacter pylori.; Pesticides and Drugs; Control, (New March 2000); Pesticide and Drug Resistance.; Host Resistance and Immunity.; Human Immunology and Allergology, (New March 2000); Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine, (New June 2002); Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans, (New March 2000); Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002); Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, (New March 2000); Genetics and Molecular Biology of Microorganisms, (New March 2000); Man.; Adenocarcinoma.; Antibacterial agents.; Bacterial diseases.; Clinical aspects.; Drug resistance.; Drug therapy.; Epidemiology.; Genetic factors.; Genomics.; Human diseases.; Immune system.; Immunity.; Immunization.; Lipopolysaccharides.; Neoplasms.; Pathogenesis.; Stomach.; Stomach cancer.; Stomach diseases.; Susceptibility.; Vaccination.; Vaccines.; Virulence factors.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 302 pages) : illustrations, charts.; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book provides a broad overview of the current understanding of Helicobacter pylori emphasizing its world health impacts. It includes 13 chapters organized into 3 parts: "Pathologies and Treatment", "Host Response" and "Bacterial Defence". Part I (5 chapters) reviews the epidemiology of H. pylori infection, H. pylori infection in Asia, gastric adenocarcinoma, antimicrobial resistance and approaches to treatment, and extragastric manifestations of H. pylori infection. Part II (4 chapters) describes H. pylori-induced acquired immunity and immunoregulation, host genetic factors and susceptibility to H. pylori pathogenesis, innate immune initiators and effectors in H. pylori infection, and H. pylori vaccines. Part III (4 chapters) discusses the importance of H. pylori lipopolysaccharides in gastric adaptation and pathogenesis, H. pylori virulence factors, H. pylori adhesion to the gastric surface, and helicobacteromics. This book is an essential resource for researchers, students and medics in infectious and Helicobacter-associated diseases.