Table of Contents

I: PATHOLOGIES AND TREATMENT 1: Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori infection - Hoda Malaty 2: Helicobacter pylori infection in Asia - Kwong Fock 3: Gastric adenocarcinoma - Pelayo Correa and M. Blanca Piazuelo 4: Antimicrobial resistance and approaches to treatment - Francis Megraud 5: Extragastric manifestations of Helicobacter pylori infection - Hazel Mitchell, Nadeem Kaakoush and Philip Sutton II: HOST RESPONSE 6: Helicobacter pylori-induced acquired immunity and immunoregulation - Karen Robinson and John C Atherton 7: Host genetic factors and susceptibility to Helicobacter pylori pathogenesis - Philip Sutton, Alison L Every and Stacey N Harbour 8: Innate immune initiators and effectors in H. pylori infection - Maria Kaparakis, Cody C. Allison, Melanie L. Hutton and Richard L. Ferrero 9: Helicobacter pylori vaccines - Thomas Blanchard and John G Nedrud III: BACTERIAL DEFENCE 10: Lipopolysaccharides of Helicobacter pylori: importance in gastric adaptation and pathogenesis - Anthony P Moran 11: Virulence factors of Helicobacter pylori - Steffen Backert, Hitomi Mimuro, Dawn A Israel and Richard M Peek, Jr. 12: Helicobacter pylori adhesion to the gastric surface - Sara K Lindén, Anna Arnqvist, Susanne Teneberg and Anthony P. Moran 13: Helicobacteromics - Hilde de Reuse, Markus M Heimesaat and Stefan Bereswill

About the Author

Hazel M. Mitchell

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