Coxiella burnetii: Recent Advances and New Perspectives in Research of the Q Fever Bacterium

<p>1. History and prospects of Coxiella burnetii research; Karim E. Hechemy</p><p>2. Phylogenetic diversity, virulence and comparative genomics; Erin J. van Schaik and James E. Samuel</p><p>3. Defense mechanisms against oxidative stress in Coxiella burnetii: Adaptation to a unique intracellular niche; Katja Mertens and James E. Samuel</p><p>4. Lipopolysaccharide of Coxiella burnetii; Craig T. Narasaki and Rudolf Toman</p><p>5. Components of protective immunity; Guoquan Zhang, Yan Zhang and James Samuel<p>6. Proteome of Coxiella burnetii; Robert Ihnatko, Edward Shaw and Rudolf Toman</p><p>7. Coxiella subversion of intracellular host signaling; S. Kauser Hussain and Daniel E. Voth</p><p>8. The Coxiella burnetii parasitophorous vacuole; Eric Ghigo, María I. Colombo and Robert A. Heinzen</p><p>9. Coxiella burnetii secretion systems; Justin A. McDonough, Hayley J. Newton and Craig R. Roy</p><p>10. Role of lipids in Coxiella burnetii infection; Stacey D. Gilk</p><p>11. Axenic growth of Coxiella burnetii; Anders Omsland</p><p>12. Developmental biology of Coxiella burnetii; Michael F. Minnick and Rahul Raghavan </p><p>13. Genetic manipulation of Coxiella burnetii; Paul A. Beare</p><p>14. Role of innate and adaptive immunity in the control of Q fever; Christian Capo and Jean-Louis Mege</p><p>15. Immune response and Coxiella burnetii invasion; Amira Ben Amara, Yassina Bechah and Jean-Louis Mege</p><p>16. Antigenic analysis for vaccines and diagnostics; Laura R. Hendrix and Chen Chen</p><p>17. Epidemic Q Fever in humans in the Netherlands; Wim van der Hoek, Gabriëlla Morroy, Nicole H.M. Renders, Peter C. Wever, Mirjam H.A. Hermans, Alexander C.A.P. Leenders, and Peter M. Schneeberger</p><p>18. Coxiella-like endosymbionts; Jianmin Zhong</p><p>19. Molecular typing of Coxiella burnetii (Q fever); Robert Massung, Sally Cutler and Dimitrios Frangoulidis</p></p><p>