Infection and immunity/ 
John Playfair and Gregory Bancroft. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - Oxford:  Oxford University Press,  2005. 
 - xvi, 341p.:  ill.;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Part One THE INFECTIOUS ORGANISMS<br/>1. Introduction: parasites, pathogens, and immunity <br/>2. Viruses<br/>3. Bacteria <br/>4. Fungi <br/>5. Protozoa <br/>6. Helminths (worms)<br/>7. Ectoparasites <br/>8. Prions <br/>9. Disease: virulence and susceptibility <br/><br/>Part Two THE IMMUNE SYSTEM<br/>10. Defence, immunity, the immune system<br/>11. External defences: entry and exit<br/>12. Innate immunity<br/>13. How pathogens escape innate immunity <br/>14. Disease due to innate immunity<br/>15. Immunodeficiency I: primary defects of innate immunity<br/>16. Adaptive immunity: introduction<br/>17. B cells and antibody<br/>18. T cells and the MHC<br/>19. The antibody response<br/>20. Cell-mediated responses<br/>21. Regulation of immune responses and memory<br/>22. How pathogens escape adaptive immunity<br/>23. Disesase due to adaptive immunity I: hypersenstivity<br/>24. Disease due to adaptive immunity II: autoimmunity<br/>25. Immunodeficiency II: primary defects of adaptive immunity  <br/>26. Immunodeficiency III: secondary immunodeficiency and AIDS<br/><br/>Part Three THE HOST-PATHOGEN BALANCE <br/>27. Epidemiology<br/>28. Control of infectious disease: vaccination<br/>29. Control of infectious disease: chemotherapy<br/>30. Control of infectious disease: public health measures<br/>31. Viral and prion disease and immunity<br/>32. Bacterial disease and immunity<br/>33. Fungal disease and immunity<br/>34. Protozoal disease and immunity<br/>35. Helminth disease and immunity<br/>36. Ectoparasites and immunity<br/>37. Emerging and future infectious diseases 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199560882 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Immunology<br/>Infection
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>574.29  / PLA/I