Chlamydia Pneumoniae and Chronic Diseases Proceedings of the State-Of-The-Art Workshop, Held at the Robert Koch-Institut Berlin, on 19 and 20 March 1999

International specialists in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Cardiology Immunology, Pneumonology, Neurology and Epidemiology gathered to this workshop to discuss and enhance interdisciplinary knowledge on the possible etiological role of Chlamydia pneumoniae, a widespread human respiratory infection, in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory diseases with major public health impact such as atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, adult-onset asthma bronchiale, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, reactive arthritis, morbus Alzheimer and multiple sclerosis. Current deficits and goals in the standardisation of diagnostic tools, basic and applied research, design of epidemiological and monitoring of therapy studies were identified. A special feature of this book is the comprehensive collection of state-of-the-art review articles in the various fields with many references.L'age-Stehr, Johanna is the author of 'Chlamydia Pneumoniae and Chronic Diseases Proceedings of the State-Of-The-Art Workshop, Held at the Robert Koch-Institut Berlin, on 19 and 20 March 1999' with ISBN 9783540411369 and ISBN 3540411364.