FrancisellaTularensis

Thisisthefirstbookontularemia.Withthebiodefenseinitiative,therehasbeenamajorboostbytheNIHtofundstudiesonbioterrorismagents,includingFrancisella,whichisclassifiedasaAbioterrorismagent.Withthemajorinterestinbiodefenseandthemajorthreatsofbioterrorism,Francisellatularensishasbecomeamajorinterestformicrobiologists,cellbiologists,immunologists,andinfectiousdiseaseexperts.Thevolumeexploresthemechanismsofpathogenesis,geneticsandgeneticmanipulations,genomicsandmetagenomics,identificationofvaccinecandidates,animalmodelstostudythediseaseprocess,mechanismsofprotectiveimmunity,pathophysiology,vaccinedevelopment,geneticsusceptibility,moreeffectivetherapies,clinicaldiagnosis,androutineandrapidmicrobiologicaldiagnostictools.NOTE:Annalsvolumesareavailableforsaleasindividualbooksorasajournal.Forinformationoninstitutionaljournalsubscriptions,pleasevisitwww.blackwellpublishing.com/nyas.ACADEMYMEMBERS:PleasecontacttheNewYorkAcademyofSciencesdirectlytoplaceyourorder(www.nyas.org).MembersoftheNewYorkAcademyofSciencereceivefull-textaccesstotheAnnalsonlineanddiscountsonprintvolumes.Pleasevisithttp://www.nyas.org/MemberCenter/Join.aspxformoreinformationaboutbecomingamember