Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1. Infectious Causes of Chronic Disease: from Hypothesis to Proof -- 2. Late Manifestations of Lyme Borreliosis -- 3. Chlamydia pneumoniae and Chlamydia trachomatis -- 4. Enteric Pathogens -- 5. Escherichia coli: Enteric and Extraintestinal Infections -- 6. Variable Capacity for Persistent Infection and Complications of Gram-Positive Cocci: Streptococci and Staphylococci -- 7. Helicobacter pylori -- 8. Mycobacteria: Leprosy, a Battle Turned -- Tuberculosis, a Battle Raging -- Paratuberculosis, a Battle Ignored -- 9. Complications and Long-Term Sequelae of Infections by Neisseria gonorrhoeae -- 10. Sequelae and Long-Term Consequences of Syphilis Infection -- 11. Whipple's Disease -- 12. Toxoplasma gondii -- 13. Taenia solium -- 14. Long-Term Consequences of Cryptosporidium Infections in Immunocompetent and Immunodeficient Individuals -- 15. Malaria -- 16. Trypanosomatidae: Leishmania Species, Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas Disease), and Associated Complications -- 17. Parasitic Helminths -- 18. Acute Viral Infections with Rare Late Complications -- 19. Latent Viral Infections -- 20. Sequelae of Chronic Viral Hepatitis -- 21. Slow Viral Infections -- 22. Complications of Superfi cial Mycoses -- 23. Sequelae and Long-Term Consequences of Systemic and Subcutaneous Mycoses -- 24. Prion Diseases -- 25. Infection with Porphyromonas gingivalis, Potential Risk Factor for Chronic Systemic Disease -- 26. Diseases with Long-Term Consequences in Search of a Microbial Agent -- 27. Epidemiological Methods To Implicate Specifi c Microorganisms with Long-Term Complications -- 28. Concluding Perspectives of Sequelae and Long-Term Consequences of Infectious Diseases-What's Next? -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y.