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Book SynopsisThis book reverses the trend towards the biology getting lost in molecular detail by cutting through the information overload and placing the new sequence-derived information in the context of the natural history of the organism in question.
Table of ContentsPreface Glossary Part I: An Introduction to the Background Science 1: The role of nucleic acid analysis in understanding infectious diseases 2: Some common factors involved in host-pathogen relations 3: The Three Great Pandemics of Plague Part II: Bacterial Pathogens 4: A Multifaceted Pathogen: Escherichia coli 5: Fever and Food Poisoning: The Two Faces of Salmonella 6: Understanding Pathogen Populations: Klebsiella pneumoniae 7: A Surprising Pathogen: Vibrio cholerae 8: The Accidental Pathogen: Legionella pneumophila 9: Two Related Pathogens, One Ancient and One New 10: Helicobacter pylori and Gastric Ulcers 11: A Tale of Two Pathogens: Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas syringae 12: The Enigmatic Pathogens: Syphilis, Yaws, Pinta, and Bejel 13: Mycobacterial Mysteries: Tuberculosis and Leprosy 14: Plasmids and Pathogenicity: The Bacillus cereus Complex 15: Tracking the Origins of Clostridium difficile Infections 16: Tracking Horizontal Gene Transfer: Staphylococcus aureus 17: The Inadvertent Pathogen: Borrelia burgdorferi and Lyme Disease 18: Phytoplasmas: Bacteria that Manipulate Plants and Insects 19: The Most Influential Bacterium: Wolbachia pipientis Part III: Eukaryotic Pathogens 20: The Ubiquitous Pathogen: Trichomonas vaginalis 21: The Greatest Killer of All Times: The Malarial Parasite 22: An Environmental Opportunistic Pathogen: Cryptococcus 23: The Most Famous Plant Pathogen: Phytophthora infestans Part IV 24: A Virus That Promotes Its Own Transfer: Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus 25: Morbilliviruses: Measles, Rinderpest and Canine Distemper 26: Filovirus Haemorrhagic Fevers: Marburg Virus and Ebola 27: The Origins of HIV and the AIDS Pandemic 28: The Benefits of a Segmented Genome: Influenza 29: Third Time Unlucky: SARS, MERS, and Covid-19 Part V: Some Unifying Themes 30: Zoonotic Diseases 31: Some Common Pathogenicity Themes
