Syphilis : : Recognition, Description and Diagnosis / / edited by Neuza Satomi Sato.
Syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease was first described in 15th century, is caused by Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum and occurs worldwide. This book is a collection of chapters presenting the novel knowledge about the T. pallidum and some historical and up to date information about venereal...
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Place / Publishing House: | Croatia : : Intech,, 2011. |
Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (142 pages) :; illustrations |
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Other title: | Syphilis |
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Summary: | Syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease was first described in 15th century, is caused by Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum and occurs worldwide. This book is a collection of chapters presenting the novel knowledge about the T. pallidum and some historical and up to date information about venereal disease and syphilis. The collection of articles includes: immunological aspects recognition of T. pallidum by the pattern recognition receptors of the innate immune; the whole genome analysis of treponemes and new targets for its molecular diagnosis; some historical aspects of venereal diseases treatment; natural history of syphilis including clinical manifestation and epidemiology; a clinical aspects dealing with psychiatric manifestations of neurosyphilis; spatial and temporal patterns of primary syphilis and secondary syphilis described by the spatial and space-time scan statistics; a commonly used methods for laboratorial diagnosis, the serological response to treatment of syphilis and safety in blood transfusion. I hope this book will be useful for students and research fellows as well for the wide audience. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9535165801 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Neuza Satomi Sato. |