TY - BOOK ID - 14202175 TI - Epidemiological and molecular aspects on cholera AU - Ramamurthy, T. AU - Bhattacharya, S. K. PY - 2010 SN - 160327264X 9786612971969 1603272658 1282971964 PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Cholera -- Epidemiology. KW - Cholera -- Molecular aspects. KW - Cholera -- Physiopathology. KW - Cholera. KW - Cholera KW - Public Health KW - Vibrio Infections KW - Medicine KW - Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections KW - Epidemiology KW - Bacterial Infections KW - Health Occupations KW - Disciplines and Occupations KW - Bacterial Infections and Mycoses KW - Diseases KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Communicable Diseases KW - Infectious Diseases KW - Molecular aspects KW - Communicable diseases. KW - Contagion and contagious diseases KW - Contagious diseases KW - Infectious diseases KW - Microbial diseases in human beings KW - Zymotic diseases KW - Asiatic cholera KW - Cholera, Asiatic KW - Molecular aspects. KW - Epidemiology. KW - Medicine. KW - Infectious diseases. KW - Microbiology. KW - Medicine & Public Health. KW - Infectious Diseases. KW - Infection KW - Epidemics KW - Vibrio infections KW - Emerging infectious diseases. KW - Microbial biology KW - Biology KW - Microorganisms KW - Emerging infections KW - New infectious diseases KW - Re-emerging infectious diseases KW - Reemerging infectious diseases KW - Communicable diseases UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14202175 AB - Though cholera is an ancient disease, its perennial occurrence in several parts of the world has attracted many researches to find ways and means to combat the disease. The prevailing seventh pandemic cholera is dominating since 1961, but the dimension of the disease has taken several silhouettes, as the genetic structure and functions of the Vibrio cholerae has changed to a great extent. Several recent studies have shown that transformation of the pathogen at the molecular level has ameliorated several cholera outbreaks and epidemics of with successive new clones of V. cholerae. This comprehensive compilation, written by eminent international researchers reviews the epidemiology of cholera in Africa, Asia, Russia and Latin Americas. The other chapters contributed by acclaimed authors cover various aspects on evolution, polysaccaharide biosynthesis, SXT element, integrons, small molecule signalling systems, flagellar synthesis, filamentous phages, pathogenic role of proteases and hemolysin, and other putative virulence factors. In addition, ecology of V. cholerae and management of cholera were also discussed in detail. This book will be good source of information to all researchers with interests in infectious diseases, microbiology and molecular biology. ER -