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Quinopristin 194 Quorumsensing 19 – 20

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Rabies28, 468 – 470 clinicalcourse 468 diagnosis 645 epidemiology 469 prevention 469 – 470 postexposureprophy- laxis 469 – 470 seealsoRhabdoviruses Radialimmunodiffusion technique 1 22, 123 Radiation asdisinfection/steriliza- tionmethod 38 ionizing 38 nonionizing 38 Radioallergosorbenttest (RAST) 131 Radioimmunoassay(RIA) 128 – 129 Radioimmunosorbenttest (RIST) 130 RANTES 82 , 143 Ratbitefever 648 Rearrangement 143 B-cellreceptor 55 IgGheavychain 54 T-cellreceptor 54 , 55 Receptors 384 B-cellreceptor 45 – 46, 4 8–5 0 geneticrearrange- ment 55 CCRchemokinereceptor 139 CXCRchemokinerecep- tor 140 Duffyantigenreceptor forchemokines(DARC) 85, 140 T-cellreceptor(TCR) 45 , 57 – 58, 62 geneticrearrange- ment 53 ,54, 55 Recombination bacteria 143 , 17 0, 17 1–1 73 , 180 –1 81 homologous(legitimate) 171 , 180 illegitimate 181 site-specific 17 2, 181 somatic 144 transposition 172

viruses 390 Reduviidae 616 Regulator 180 Regulon 17 0, 180 virulenceregulon 19 Reinfection 10 RejectionseeTransplants Relapses 10 Relapsingfever 324 – 326, 613 clinicalpicture 325 diagnosis 649 epidemiology 325 – 326 prevention 325 – 326 therapy 325 seealsoBorrelia Reoviruses 383 , 455 – 457 clinicalpicture 456 diagnosis 45 5, 456 epidemiology 456 – 457 pathogenesis 456 pathogens 456 Replication DNA 16 8, 181 semiconservative 181 viruses 381 – 386, 387 adsorption 384 nucleicacidreplica- tion 384 – 385, 387 penetrationandun- coating 384 Replicon 181 Resistanceplasmids 167 , 16 8, 17 6, 177 Respiration 161 Respiratorychainenzymes 151 Respiratorysyncytial(RS) virus 46 5, 467 diagnosis 63 0, 631 , 632 Respiratorytractinfec- tions 295 adenoviruses 416 aspergillosis 365 bronchiolitis 467 , 632 bronchitis 632 chronicobstructivepul- monarydisease(COPD) 632 empyema 634 influenzaviruses 458 – 460 laboratorydiagnosis 209,623, 630 – 634 lowerrespiratorytract 632 – 634 upperrespiratorytract 630 – 631

mucormycosis 368 mycoplasmas 341 nosocomialinfections 344 parainfluenzavirus 466 pertussis 632 pharyngitis 630 rhinitis(commoncold) 438, 447 , 630 severeacuterespiratory syndrome(SARS) 4 46, 447 – 448 , 634 sinusitis 630 tonsillitis 630 seealsoPneumonia; specificinfections Restriction 171 , 177 – 178 Restrictionendonucleases 181 Reticuloendothelialsys- tem(RES) 143 Retroviruses 383 , 448 – 450 carcinogenic 394 – 396 genomestructure 394 – 395 replication 394 – 395 tumorinduction 395 – 396 pathogens 448 – 449 releasefrominfected cell 389 replication385, 387 seealsoHumanimmu- nodeficiencyvirus (HIV);HumanT-cell leukemiavirus(HTLV) revgene 449 Reversetranscriptase 448 Rhabditida 545 Rhabdoviruses 383 , 467 – 470 clinicalpicture 468 diagnosis 467 , 468 – 469 epidemiology28, 469 pathogenesis 468 pathogens 468 prevention 467 , 469 – 470 Rhesusfactor 11 2, 143 Rheumatoidfactor(RF) 143 Rhinitis allergic 352 commoncold 43 8, 447 , 630 Rhinoviruses 43 4, 438 clinicalpicture 438

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