Fighting Campylobacter Infections

Proposed chapter titles:
1.One health: theory and practical approaches.
2.Epidemiology and clinical importance of zoonotic Campylobacters.
3.Population biology and comparative genomics of Campylobacter species.
4.Reservoirs, host specificity and interdisciplinary management practices of Campylobacter infections.
5.Diagnostics and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter species.
6.Emission sources of Campylobacters from agricultural farms, impact on environmental contamination and intervention strategies.
7.Biology of the gut and role of the intestinal barrier in Campylobacter infections.
8.Molecular mechanisms of Campylobacter biofilm formation and quorum sensing.
9.Natural competence and horizontal gene transfer in Campylobacters.
10.Campylobacter virulence factors and molecular host-pathogen interactions.
11.Animal models, gut microbiota and colonization resistance against Campylobacter infections.
12.Bacteriophage therapy to control Campylobacter infections.

Proposed contributing authors:
Prof. Steffen Backert, FAU Erlangen/Germany
Prof. Martin Blaser, Rutgers University/USA
Prof. Brendan Wren, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine/UK
Prof. Thomas Alter, Free University Berlin/Germany
Prof. Patricia Guerry, Uniformed Services University/USA
Prof. Uwe R├╢sler, Free University Berlin/Germany
Prof. Christina Szymanski, University of Georgia/USA
Prof. Stefan Bereswill, Charité Berlin/Germany
Prof. J├╢rg-Dieter Schulzke, Humboldt University Berlin/Germany
Prof. Dave Hendrixson, UT Southwestern University, Dallas/USA
Prof. Michael Konkel, Washington State University/USA
Prof. Sophie Kittler, TIHO Hannover/Germany
Dr. Arnoud van Vliet, University of Surrey/UK
PD Dr. Markus M. Heimesaat, Charité Berlin/Germany