Rickettsiology and rickettsial diseases : fifth international conference

Foreword ( Karim E. Hechemy, Philippe Brouqui, James E. Samuel, and Didier A. Raoult ). 1. Current knowledge on phylogeny, and taxonomy of Rickettsia spp ( Pierre-Edouard Fournier and Didier Raoult ). 2. Closing the Gaps between Genotype and Phenotype in Rickettsia rickettsii ( Marina E. Eremeeva and Gregory A. Dasch ). 3. Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Antibiotic-Sensitive and Insensitive Isolates of O. tsutsugamushi ( Chien-Chung Chao, Donita L. Garland, Gregory A. Dasch, and Wei-Mei Ching ). 4. Mitochondrial Porin VDAC 1 Seems to Be Functional in Rickettsial Cells ( Victor V. Emelyanov ). 5. Deciphering the relationships between Rickettsia conorii conorii and Rhipicephalus sanguineus in the ecology and epidemiology of Mediterranean spotted fever ( Philippe Parola, Cristina Socolovschi, and Didier Raoult ). 6. Intracellular life of Coxiella burnetii in macrophages: An update ( Eric Ghigo, Lionel Pretat, Christian Capo, Didier Raoult, and Jean-Louis Mege ). 7. Glycomics and Proteomics in Detection and Functional Analysis of Coxiella burnetii ( Rudol Toman, Ludovit Skultety, and Robert Ihnatko ). 8. Q Fever during Pregnancy: A Cause of Poor Fetal And Maternal Outcome ( Xavier Carcopino, Didier Raoult, Florence Bretelle, Leon Boubli, and Andreas Stein ). 9. Q fever in dairy animals ( Annie Rodolakis ). 10. Advances in Rickettsia Pathogenicity ( Premanand Balraj, Patricia Renesto, and Didier Raoult ). 11. Type IV Secretion System of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Ehrlichia chaffeensis ( Yasuko Rikihisa, Mingqun Lin, Hua Niu, and Zhihui Cheng ). 12. Ixodes ovatus ehrlichia exhibits unique ultrastructural characteristics in mammalian endothelial and tick-derived cells ( Ulrike G. Munderloh, David J. Silverman, Katherine C. MacNamara, Gilbert G. Ahlstrand, Madhumouli Chatterjee, Gary M. Winslow ). 13. Bartonella endocarditis: a pathology shared by animal reservoirs and patients ( Bruno B. Chomel, R. W. Kasten, C. Williams, A.C. Wey, J. B. Henn4, R. Maggi, S. Carrasco J. Mazet, H.J. Boulouis, R. Maillard, E. B. Breitschwerdt ) 14. Insights in Bartonella Host Specificity ( Muriel Vayssier-Taussat, Danielle Le Rhun, Sarah Bonnet, and Violaine Cotte ). 15. The science and fiction of emerging rickettsioses ( Christopher D. Paddock ). 16. Status of the "East side hypothesis" (transovarial interference) twenty five years later ( Sam R. Telford III ). 17. Rickettsioses in Australia ( Stephen Graves and John Stenos ). 18. Ecology of Rickettsia in South America ( Marcelo B. Labruna ). 19. Characterization of rickettsial diseases in a hospital based population in central Tunisia ( Naoufel Kaabia and Amel Letaief ). 20. Epidemiology and Clinical Aspects of Rickettsioses in Thailand ( Y. Suputtamongkol, C. Suttinont, K. Niwatayakul, S. Hoontrakul, R. Limpaiboon, W.Chierakul, K. Losuwanaluk, And W. Saisongkork ).