Molecular Mechanisms in Legionella Pathogenesis
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
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Molecular Mechanisms in Legionella Pathogenesis
Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology Volume 376
Series Editors Klaus Aktories Medizinische Fakultät, Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Abt. I Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstr. 25, 79104 Freiburg, Germany Richard W. Compans Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road, CNR 5005, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA Max D. Cooper Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Georgia Research Alliance, Emory University, 1462 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA Jorge E. Galan Boyer Ctr. for Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, Yale University, 295 Congress Avenue, room 343, New Haven, CT 06536-0812, USA Yuri Y. Gleba ICON Genetics AG, Biozentrum Halle, Weinbergweg 22, 06120 Halle, Germany Tasuku Honjo Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Chemistry, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Yoshida, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan Yoshihiro Kawaoka School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2015 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA Bernard Malissen Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, Case 906, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France Fritz Melchers Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany Michael B. A. Oldstone Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA Rino Rappuoli Novartis Vaccines, Via Fiorentina 1, Siena 53100, Italy Peter K. Vogt Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, BCC-239, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA Honorary Editor: Hilary Koprowski Biotechnology Foundation, Inc., Ardmore, PA, USA (deceased)
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Molecular Mechanisms in Legionella Pathogenesis Responsible Series Editor: Klaus Aktories
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Editor Hubert Hilbi Max von Pettenkofer Institute Ludwig-Maximilians University München Munich Germany
ISSN 0070-217X ISBN 978-3-642-40590-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-40591-4
ISSN 2196-9965 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-642-40591-4 (eBook)
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