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Evolutionary Biology of Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens
Author(s): Fernando Baquero (Author), Cesar Nombela (Author), Gail H Cassell (Author), Jose A Gutierrez-Fuentes (Author)
- Publisher: ASM Press
- Publication Date: 19 Oct. 2007
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 668 pages
- ISBN-10: 155581414X
- ISBN-13: 9781555814144
Book Description
Covers the relationship between microbial evolution and human biology from many perspectives.
- Introduces clinical microbiologists, infectious disease specialists, epidemiologists, medical professionals, and public health researchers to the importance and influence of evolutionary outcomes.
- Provides examples of the impact of evolution on microbe-human interactions and explores the influence that evolution has on infectious diseases.
- Presents in-depth examination of the evolutionary biology of drug resistance.
- Includes an explanatory list of keywords and concepts used in the field of evolutionary biology.
- Features comprehensive coverage of the evolution of pathogenicity of gram-negative bacteria, gram-positive bacteria, and pathogenic fungi.
- Offers significant new material for teaching microbiology and infectious diseases.
This title is published by the American Society of Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.
Editorial Reviews
Review
provides many examples of the impact of evolution on microbes and humans and explores the influence that evolution has on infectious diseases
presents in–depth examination of the evolutionary biology of drug resistance
features comprehensive coverage of the evolutionary pathogenicity of gram–negative bacteria, gram–positive bacteria, and pathogenic fungi
offers contributions by internationally recognized experts in their respective fields
From the Back Cover
This volume was inspired by the 2004 Fundacion Lilly conference that focused on the series of successive events characterizing the emergence, development, spread, variation, or disappearance of the interactions between microbes and humans resulting in a reduced fitness for the human host.
