Chapter 1: OverviewChapter 2: SepsisChapter 3: Neutrophil Mediated Vascular Host DefenseChapter 4: Platelet-Bacteria CrosstalkChapter 5: Mechanisms of bacterial interaction with cells of the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrierChapter 6: Vascular Responses to Chlamydia Pneumoniae InfectionChapter 7: Bartonella Species and Vascular PathologyChapter 8: Periodontal Innate Immune Mechanisms Relevant to Atherosclerosis Chapter 9: H. PyloriChapter 10: Vascular Responses to Pathogens: RickettsiaChapter 11: Herpes VirusesChapter 12: HIV/AntiretroviralsChapter 13: Viral Myocarditis and Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Mechanisms of Cardiac Injury, Inflammation and FibrosisChapter 14: Viruses responsible for Hemorrhagic feversChapter 15: Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas disease: Innate immunity, ROS, and Cardiovascular SystemChapter 16: Endothelial cells as Targets of the intravascular parasitic disease SchistosomiasisChapter 17: Vascular responses in Human Lymphatic FilariasisChapter 18: The Treatment of Sepsis: From Failed Therapies to New Possibilities