Tan (microbiology and molecular genetics, and medicine, U. of California, Irvine) and Bavoil (microbial pathogenesis, and microbiology and immunology, U. of Maryland, Baltimore) assemble 16 articles by researchers specializing in infectious diseases, microbiology, and other disciplines from the US, Australia, and Europe who discuss research on Chlamydia infections. Writing for scientists, physicians, medical students, public health professionals, biocomputational scientists, epidemiologists, and policy makers, they address the range of chlamydial infections and the relationship between clinical knowledge and the fundamental biology of Chlamydia; the impact of genomic analysis on understanding of chlamydial biology and evolution; Chlamydia-like organisms within the order Chlamydiales; the chlamydial envelope and how specific components mediate surface interactions between chlamydiae and susceptible cells; interactions with the host cell; gene regulations; immune recognition and host cell response during infection; immunopathogenesis; persistent chlamydial infection; animal models of infection; progress toward a vaccine; genetics; and biomathematical modeling. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)