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020 _a9780199560882
040 _cCUS
082 _a574.29
_bPLA/I
245 0 _aInfection and immunity/
_cJohn Playfair and Gregory Bancroft.
250 _a3rd ed.
260 _aOxford:
_bOxford University Press,
_c2005.
300 _axvi, 341p.:
_bill.;
_c25 cm.
505 _aPart One 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 Part Two 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 Part Three 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
650 _aImmunology
650 _aInfection
700 _aBancroft, Gregory
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