Cholera and the Ecology of Vibrio cholerae

Only in recent years has it been revealed that V. cholerae is a normal inhabitant of esturine and riverine waters. This means that even if the disease can be eliminated from human population by vaccines etc. the vibrio will continue to survive independently in the environment. It is likely that the environment is the source of epidemic strains. This is the first book to focus on the implication of these discoveries.

List of contents

1 Vibrio cholera.- 2 The Asiatic cholera: an historical determinant of human genomic and social structure.- 3 Management of cholera: the vital role of rehydration.- 4 Intestinal immunity to Vibrio cholera.- 5 Cholera: pathogenesis and vaccine development.- 6 Ecology of Vibrio cholerae: role of aquatic flora and fauna.- 7 Zoological microhabitats of Vibrio cholera.- 8 The geography of cholera.- 9 The fate of Vibrio cholera in wastewater treatment systems.- 10 Problems of the epidemiology of cholera and the ecology of Vibrio cholera.

Summary

Only in recent years has it been revealed that V. cholerae is a normal inhabitant of esturine and riverine waters. the vibrio will continue to survive independently in the environment. It is likely that the environment is the source of epidemic strains. This is the first book to focus on the implication of these discoveries.

Report

...excellent introduction - Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Product details

• Assisted by: D Forrest (Editor), D Forrest (Editor), B. S. Drasar (Editor), B.S. Drasar (Editor), B. D. Forrest (Editor), B.D. Forrest (Editor), S Drasar (Editor), B S Drasar (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.06.2009
• EAN: 9780412612206
• ISBN: 978-0-412-61220-6
• No. of pages: 356
• Weight: 699 g
• Illustrations: XII, 356 p.
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine