Epidemiological and Molecular Aspects on Cholera

1. General Introduction
T. Ramamurthy, S.K. Bhattacharya

2. Asiatic Cholera: Mole Hills and Mountains
Asish K. Mukhopadhyay, T. Ramamurthy

3. Endemic and Epidemic Cholera in Africa
Samba Sow, Martin Antonio, Joe O. Oundo, Inacio Mandomando, T. Ramamurthy

4. Phenotypic and Molecular Characteristics of Epidemic and Non-epidemic Vibrio cholerae Strains Isolated in Russia and Certain Countries of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Elena V. Monakhova

5. The Re-emergence of Cholera in the Americas
Gabriela Delgado, Rosario Morales, Jose Luis Mendez, Alejandro Cravioto

6. The Evolution of Vibrio cholerae as a Pathogen
John Joseph Mekalanos

7. Molecular Epidemiology of Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae

Shah M. Faruque, G. Balakrish Nair, Yoshifumi Takeda

8. Diversity and Genetic Basis of Polysaccharide Biosynthesis in Vibrio cholerae

Shanmuga Sozhamannan, Fitnat H. Yildiz

9. Significance of the SXT/R391 Family of Integrating Conjugative Elements in Vibrio cholerae

Vincent Burrus

10. Small Molecule Signaling Systems in Vibrio cholerae

Rupak K. Bhadra, Sangita Shah, Bhabatosh Das

11.
Vibrio cholerae Flagellar Synthesis and Virulence
Khalid Ali Syed, Karl E. Klose

12. Filamentous Phages of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139
Masahiko Ehara, M. John Albert

13. Pathogenic Potential of Non-O1, Non-O139 Vibrio cholerae

Amit Sarkar, Ranjan K. Nandy, Asoke C. Ghose

14. Proteases Produced by Vibrio cholerae and Other Pathogenic Vibrios: Pathogenic Roles and Expression
Sumio Shinoda

15. Toxins of Vibrio cholerae and Their Role in Inflammation, Pathogenesis, and Immunomodulation
Kamini Walia, Nirmal Kumar Ganguly

16.
Vibrio cholerae Hemolysin: An Enigmatic Pore-Forming Toxin
Kalyan K. Banerjee, Budhaditya Mazumdar

17. Integron-Mediated Antimicrobial Resistance in Vibrio cholerae

Amit Ghosh, T. Ramamurthy

18. Aquatic Realm and Cholera
Anwar Huq, Chris J. Grim, Rita R. Colwell

19. Management of Cholera
P. Dutta, D. Sur, S.K. Bhattacharya

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology