Livro - Legionella

This new volume offers a comprehensive overview on recent findings and curent opinions on legionella research, covering all aspects of pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and surveillance of Legionnaires´ disease. A major focus of the book is the molecular elucidation of bacterial properties which enable legionella to thrive in the aquatic environment and to infect the human host. It offers a detailed description and analysis of bacterial factors that contribute to environmental fitness and pathogenesis and presents new evidence to implicate various environmental sources of legionellosis.