Table of Contents

I. Microbiology of Campylobacter Infections 1. Taxonomy of the Family Campylobacteraceae 2. New Developments in the Subtyping of Campylobacter Species II. Clinical and Epidemiological Aspects of Campylobacter Infections 3. Diagnosis and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Campylobacter spp. 4. Clinical Aspects of Campylobacter Infection 5. Clinical Significance of Campylobacter and Related Species Other than Campylobacter jejuni 6. Epidemiology of Campylobacter jejuni Infections in the United States and Other Industrialized Nations 7. Campylobacter Infections in Developing Countries 8. Campylobacter jejuni Infection and the Association with Guillain-Barre Syndrome III. Pathogenesis of Campylobacter Infections 9. Campylobacter Toxins and Their Role in Pathogenesis 10. Interactions of Campylobacter with Eukaryotic Cells: Gut Luminal Colonization and Mucosal Invasion Mechanisms 11. Molecular Characterization of Campylobacter jejuni Virulence Determinants 12. Campylobacter Lipopolysaccharides 13. Anti-Glycosphingolipid Antibodies and Guillain-Barre Syndrome 14. Animal Models of Campylobacter Infection 15. Protection against Campylobacter Infection and Vaccine Development 16. Pathogenesis of Campylobacter fetus Infections IV. Molecular Genetics 17. Population Genetics and Genealogy of Campylobacter jejuni 18. Genotyping and the Consequences of Genetic Instability 19. The Genetics of Lipopolysaccharide Biosynthesis of Campylobacter 20. Structure, Function, and Antigenicity of Campylobacter Flagella 21. Environmental Regulatory Genes 22. Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance in Campylobacter 23. The Hippurate Hydrolase Gene and Other Unique Genes of Campylobacter jejuni V. Campylobacter and Food Safety 24. Campylobacter in the Food Supply 25. Antimicrobial Resistance in Animals and Relevance to Human Infection 26. Poultry Infections and Their Control at the Farm Level 27. Campylobacter Prevention and Control: the USDA-Food Safety and Inspection Service Role and New Food Safety Approaches 28. A National Molecular Subtyping Network for Food-Borne Bacterial Disease Surveillance in the United States