Diseases and Pathogens

Prion diseases belong to the group of neurodegenerative diseases that are very rare in general population and are registered as sporadic, infectious and inherited forms. These diseases are caused by contagious prion protein that appears as the …

Extension of spectrum of human bacterial pathogens as well as variety of their characteristics and unequal medical significance demand further study in order to extend the information on bacterial infections. This knowledge is necessary for …

This review is devoted to the one of the actual problems of modern medicine - nosocomial infections (NI). Criteria, epidemiology, pathogenesis, origin, risk factors for the development of NI are listed. A special attentionis drawnto the economical …

Many emerging and reemerging bacterial pathogens synthesize toxins that serve as primary virulence factors. We highlight seven bacterial toxins produced by well-established or newly emergent pathogenic microbes. These toxins, which affect eukaryotic …