Genome Plasticity and Infectious Diseases

Table of Contents

Part I Bacterial Infections

1 Impact of Genome Plasticity on Adaptation of Escherichia coli during Urinary Bladder Colonization
Ulrich Dobrindt, Jaroslaw Zdziarski, and Jörg Hacker

2 Genotypic Changes in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli during Human Infection
Alexander Mellmann, Martina Bielaszewska, and Helge Karch

3 Genomic Fluidity of the Human Gastric Pathogen Helicobacter pylori
Niyaz Ahmed, Singamaneni Haritha Devi, Shivendra Tenguria, Mohammed Majid, Syed Asad Rahman, and Seyed E. Hasnain

4 Genome Structure and Variability in Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci
Wilma Ziebuhr

5 Genome Plasticity in Legionella pneumophila and Legionella longbeachae: Impact on Host Cell Exploitation
L. Gomez Valero, C. Rusniok, and C. Buchrieser

6 Genome Plasticity in Salmonella enterica and Its Relevance to Host-Pathogen Interactions
Rosana B. Ferreira, Michelle M. Buckner, and B. Brett Finlay

7 Mechanisms of Genome Plasticity in Neisseria meningitidis: Fighting Change with Change
Roland Schwarz, Biju Joseph, Matthias Frosch, and Christoph Schoen

8 Selfish Elements and Self-Defense in the Enterococci
Kelli L. Palmer and Michael S. Gilmore

Part II Viral Infections

9 Host-Driven Plasticity of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Genome
Stephen Norley and Reinhard Kurth

10 Genome Plasticity of Influenza Viruses
Silke Stertz and Peter Palese

11 Plasticity of the Hepatitis C Virus Genome
Joerg Timm and Michael Roggendor

12 Genome Diversity and Host Interaction of Noroviruses
Eckart Schreier

13 Genome Diversity and Evolution of Rotaviruses
Jelle Matthijnssens and Ulrich Desselberger

14 Genome Plasticity of Papillomaviruses
Hans-Ulrich Bernard

15 Genome Plasticity of Herpesviruses: Conservative yet Flexible
Mirko Trilling, Vu Thuy Khanh Le, and Hartmut Hengel

Part III Parasitic and Fungal Infections

16 Genome Diversity, Population Genetics, and Evolution of Malaria Parasites
Xin-zhuan Su and Deirdre A. Joy

17 The Fundamental Contribution of Genome Hypervariability to the Success of a Eukaryotic Pathogen, Trypanosoma brucei
J. David Barry

18 Genome Plasticity in Candida albicans
Claude Pujol and David R. Soll

19 Genome Plasticity of Aspergillus Species
Thorsten Heinekamp and Axel A. Brakhage

Part IV Host Susceptibility

20 DNA Polymorphisms and Their Relevance for Infections with Human Cytomegalovirus and Aspergillus fumigatus
Markus Mezger, Hermann Einsele, and Juergen Loeffler

21 Host Genetic Variation, Innate Immunity, and Susceptibility to Urinary Tract Infection
Bryndís Ragnarsdóttir and Catharina Svanborg