Infectious Diseases and Your Health

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Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Satranidazole and My Pharmaceutical Research Odyssey: A Success Story  (Prati Pal Singh)....Pages 3-12
 Amoebiasis Revisited  (Alka Mital)....Pages 13-32
 Cerebral Malaria: Players in the Pathogenic Mechanism and Treatment Strategies  (Hemlata Dwivedi, Renu Tripathi)....Pages 33-50
 Role of White Blood Cells in Immunopathogenesis of Cerebral Malaria  (Ruchika Saroa, Upma Bagai)....Pages 51-62
 Chemotherapy and Experimental Models of Visceral Leishmaniasis  (Ganesh Yadagiri, Prati Pal Singh)....Pages 63-97
 Human Trichomoniasis  (Sumeeta Khurana, Shreya Singh)....Pages 99-111
 Taeniasis and Neurocysticercosis: Emerging Public Health Problems  (Kashi Nath Prasad, Satyendra Kumar Singh)....Pages 113-134
 Helminth Parasites: The Cause of Distress and Diseases  (Qudsia Tahseen)....Pages 135-187
 Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Biosocial Perspective  (Abhiruchi Galhotra, Abhisek Mishra)....Pages 189-200
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 Autophagy: A Potential Antibacterial Therapeutic Target  (Madhu Puri, Trinad Chakraborty, Helena Pillich)....Pages 203-214
 Antibiotics and Antimicrobial Resistance  (Varsha Gupta, Lipika Singhal)....Pages 215-224
 Nontuberculous Mycobacteria: An Update on Infections Caused, Laboratory Identification and their Treatment  (Swetarka Das, Tanu Garg, Sidharth Chopra, Arunava Dasgupta)....Pages 225-238
 Drugs Under Preclinical and Clinical Testing for the Treatment of Infections Caused due to Staphylococcus aureus: An Update  (Manjulika Shukla, Isha Soni, Arunava Dasgupta, Sidharth Chopra)....Pages 239-255
 Recurrent Vulvovaginal Infections: Etiology, Diagnosis, Treatment and Management  (Jatinder Singh, Namarta Kalia, Manpreet Kaur)....Pages 257-289
 Enterococci As Nosocomial Pathogen  (Preeti Sharma, Sumanpreet Kaur, Sukhraj Kaur)....Pages 291-306
 Dietary Antioxidants and Infectious Diseases  (Jasleen Kaur, Rajvir Kaur, Amarjeet Kaur)....Pages 307-316
 Probiotic Lactobacilli, Infection, and Immunomodulation  (Sumanpreet Kaur, Preeti Sharma, Sukhraj Kaur)....Pages 317-334
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 HIV-AIDS: An Unconquered Immune War  (S. K. Arora, Gurleen Mehta)....Pages 337-348
 Chikungunya Fever: Where Are We Today?  (Ritu Garg, Varsha Gupta)....Pages 349-357
 Epigenetics and Infectious Pathogens: Interactions, Ploy and Perspectives  (Nitu Saha, Raghuvir Singh Tomar)....Pages 359-388
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 An Update on Sexually Transmitted Infections: An Indian Context  (Priya Datta, Varsha Gupta)....Pages 391-401
 Candida: Friend and Foe of Humans  (Priyanka Bhakt, Anamika Battu, Rupinder Kaur)....Pages 403-418