“…The aim of this open access book is to facilitate the identification and description of the different organs as well as pathogens and diseases affecting the most representative species of cephalopods focussed on Sepia officinalis, Loligo vulgaris and Octopus vulgaris. …”

Materias:

“…Pathogens and Disease…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…1 An Invisible World -- 2 How We See the Invisible World -- 3 The Cell -- 4 Prokaryotic Diversity -- 5 The Eukaryotes of Microbiology -- 6 Acellular Pathogens -- 7 Microbial Biochemistry -- 8 Microbial Metabolism -- 9 Microbial Growth -- 10 Biochemistry of the Genome -- 11 Mechanisms of Microbial Genetics -- 12 Modern Applications of Microbial Genetics -- 13 Control of Microbial Growth -- 14 Antimicrobial Drugs -- 15 Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity -- 16 Disease and Epidemiology -- 17 Innate Nonspecific Host Defenses -- 18 Adaptive Specific Host Defenses -- 19 Diseases of the Immune System -- 20 Laboratory Analysis of the Immune Response -- 21 Skin and Eye Infections -- 22 Respiratory System Infections -- 23 Urogenital System Infections -- 24 Digestive System Infections -- 25 Circulatory and Lymphatic System Infections -- 26 Nervous System Infections -- Fundamentals of Physics and Chemistry Important to MicrobiologyMathematical BasicsMetabolic PathwaysTaxonomy of Clinically Relevant MicroorganismsGlossary…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Long-Distance Animal Migration and the Creation of a Pacific World: A History in Three Species / Many Diasporas: People, Nature, and Movement in Pacific History / Chinese Resource Frontiers, Environmental Change, and Entrepreneurship in the South Pacific, 1790s-1920s / The Third Vector: Pacific Pathogens, Colonial Disease Ecologies, and Native American Epidemics North of Mexico / Sentiment and Gore: Whaling the Pacific World / Changes on the Plantation: An Environmental History of Colonial Samoa / "One Extensive Garden"? …”

“…The analysis focuses on the changing characteristics of pathogens and disease over time, the institutional factors that shaped the global spread, the demographic and socio-economic consequences, and pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical responses to the pandemic. …”

“…Annotation Every year, a number of new forest pathosystems are discovered as the result of introduction of alien pathogens, host shifts and jumps, hybridization and recombination among pathogens, etc. Disease outbreaks may also be favored by climate change and forest management. …”

“…They have different functions, such as pollination systems, sun protection, protection against pathogens and diseases, etc.Research on these compounds has increased due to the number of molecules they can include and the different biological activities they demonstrate. …”

“…Plant and plant products are affected by a large number of plant pathogens among which fungal pathogens. These diseases play a major role in the current deficit of food supply worldwide. …”

“…The close relationship between humans and equids and the fact that the athlete horse is the terrestrial mammal that travels the most worldwide after humans are important elements to consider in the transmission of pathogens and diseases, amongst equids and to other species. …”

“…The proposed research topic will provide a comprehensive, online, open access snapshot of the current state of the art on immune system modeling and analysis.The Research Topic will be organized according to the following themes; authors will be asked to identify the most suitable theme for their paper:• Immune cell activation and signaling• Immune cell population dynamics and turnover• Lymphocyte repertoires• Lymphocyte migration and immune tissue organization• Immune responses to pathogens• Immunological diseases• Immune system aging…”

“…Questions such as how the pathogen causes disease, colonizes the tick and evades host immune-surveillance have been difficult to address. …”