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Infection & Immunity

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 2013Edition: 4th edDescription: xvi, 381 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780199609505
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.079 PLA-I
Contents:
THE INFECTIOUS ORGANISMS ; 1. Introduction: parasites, pathogens, and immunity ; 2. Viruses ; 3. Bacteria ; 4. Fungi ; 5. Protozoa ; 6. Helminths (worms) ; 7. Ectoparasites ; 8. Prions ; 9. Disease: virulence and susceptibility ; THE IMMUNE SYSTEM ; 10. Defence, immunity, the immune system ; 11. External defences: entry and exit ; 12. Innate immunity ; 13. How pathogens escape innate immunity ; 14. Disease due to innate immunity ; 15. Immunodeficiency I: primary defects of innate immunity ; 16. Adaptive immunity: introduction ; 17. B cells and antibody ; 18. T cells and the MHC ; 19. The antibody response ; 20. Cell-mediated responses ; 21. Regulation of immune responses and memory ; 22. How pathogens escape adaptive immunity ; 23. Disesase due to adaptive immunity I: hypersenstivity ; 24. Disease due to adaptive immunity II: autoimmunity ; 25. Immunodeficiency II: primary defects of adaptive immunity ; 26. Immunodeficiency III: secondary immunodeficiency and AIDS ; THE HOST-PATHOGEN BALANCE ; 27. Epidemiology ; 28. Control of infectious disease: vaccination ; 29. Control of infectious disease: chemotherapy ; 30. Control of infectious disease: public health measures ; 31. Viral and prion disease and immunity ; 32. Bacterial disease and immunity ; 33. Fungal disease and immunity ; 34. Protozoal disease and immunity ; 35. Helminth disease and immunity ; 36. Ectoparasites and immunity ; 37. Emerging and future infectious diseases
Summary: The authors describe the main causes of infection that our bodies have to battle against - from bacteria to viruses - and explain the intricate and fascinating way that our bodies respond to infection - from detection of these potentially dangerous organisms, to their ultimate elimination.
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THE INFECTIOUS ORGANISMS ; 1. Introduction: parasites, pathogens, and immunity ; 2. Viruses ; 3. Bacteria ; 4. Fungi ; 5. Protozoa ; 6. Helminths (worms) ; 7. Ectoparasites ; 8. Prions ; 9. Disease: virulence and susceptibility ; THE IMMUNE SYSTEM ; 10. Defence, immunity, the immune system ; 11. External defences: entry and exit ; 12. Innate immunity ; 13. How pathogens escape innate immunity ; 14. Disease due to innate immunity ; 15. Immunodeficiency I: primary defects of innate immunity ; 16. Adaptive immunity: introduction ; 17. B cells and antibody ; 18. T cells and the MHC ; 19. The antibody response ; 20. Cell-mediated responses ; 21. Regulation of immune responses and memory ; 22. How pathogens escape adaptive immunity ; 23. Disesase due to adaptive immunity I: hypersenstivity ; 24. Disease due to adaptive immunity II: autoimmunity ; 25. Immunodeficiency II: primary defects of adaptive immunity ; 26. Immunodeficiency III: secondary immunodeficiency and AIDS ; THE HOST-PATHOGEN BALANCE ; 27. Epidemiology ; 28. Control of infectious disease: vaccination ; 29. Control of infectious disease: chemotherapy ; 30. Control of infectious disease: public health measures ; 31. Viral and prion disease and immunity ; 32. Bacterial disease and immunity ; 33. Fungal disease and immunity ; 34. Protozoal disease and immunity ; 35. Helminth disease and immunity ; 36. Ectoparasites and immunity ; 37. Emerging and future infectious diseases

The authors describe the main causes of infection that our bodies have to battle against - from bacteria to viruses - and explain the intricate and fascinating way that our bodies respond to infection - from detection of these potentially dangerous organisms, to their ultimate elimination.

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