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The immune system has evolved in large part to enable organisms to resist microbial infection. Micro-organisms have long been used as experimental tools by immunologists, and the study of the immune response to viruses and bacteria has contributed much to our understanding of basic immunological mechanisms. There are also important practical and clinical reasons for attempting to understand the immunology of infections. These include the rational design of vaccines, the pathogenesis of infectious diseases, the advent of AIDS, the rise in drug-resistant mycobacterial infections and the recognition of the infectious aetiology of peptic ulcer disease. The contributors to this book are all chosen for their active involvement and expertise in the fields. It bridges the divide between basic immunological research and clinical practice.
| ISBN | 0792389689 | | Pages | 256 | | ISBN13 | 9780792389682
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers | | Weight (grammes) | 567 | | Imprint | Kluwer Academic Publishers | | Published in | Dordrecht | | Format | Hardback | | Series ISSN | 25 | | Publication date | 01 Dec 1994 | | Series title | Immunology and Medicine | | Library of Congress | RB153.I46 | | Height (mm) | 240 | | DEWEY | 616.079 | | Academic level | Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC20 | |
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| | | Series Editor's Note | | | | | | Preface | | | | | | List of Contributors | | | | 1 | | Immunity to bacteria by G. A. W. Rook | | 1 | | 2 | | Molecular structure and immune recognition of mycobacteria by A. D. M. Rees and A. Mehlert and J. R. Lamb | | 27 | | 3 | | Immunology of fungal infections by K. Bayston and C. Tang and J. Cohen | | 49 | | 4 | | The immune response to virus infection by A. A. Nash and J. G. P. Sissons | | 87 | | 5 | | The immunology and pathogenesis of persistent virus infections by N. Alp and L. K. Borysiewicz | | 99 | | 6 | | Immunopathology of HIV infection by S. Shaunak | | 115 | | 7 | | The immunopathology of viral and bacterial infections by J. G. P. Sissons | | 133 | | 8 | | The pattern of infection in immunodeficiency by A. D. B. Webster | | 159 | | 9 | | Immunoprophylaxis and immunotherapy of gram-negative bacterial infections by J. D. Baumgartner and M. P. Glauser | | 191 | | 10 | | Current and future approaches to vaccination against virus diseases by C. R. Howard | | 215 | | | | Index | | 235 |
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