Infection, Resistance, and Immunity, Second Edition [Hardcover]

Designed as an introductory textbook, Infection, Resistance and Immunity provides basic information on the workings of the immunological system and on infectious processes and their control. With sections on immunological disorders, immunization, immunodiagnosis, and epidemiology, it relates immunology to practical problems in medicine. The book includes a section on comparative immunology, introducing students to differences among immunological systems among common species of nonhuman animals. Written for the advanced undergraduate, the focus is on host-parasite interactionsdistinguishing this text from other standard texts, which focus on the cellular mechanisms of the immune response.

Preface, Contributors, Chapter 1 - Introduction to Infection, Resistance and Immunity, Chapter 2 - Host-Parasite Relationships, Chapter 3 - Constitutive Host Resistance, Chapter 4 - The Inflammatory Response: A Bridge Between the Constitutive and Inducible Systems, Chapter 5 - The Inducible System: History of Development of Immunology as a Component of Host-Parasite Interactions, Chapter 6 - The Inducible System: Antigens, Chapter 7 - The Inducible Defense System: Antibody Molecules and Antigen-Antibody Reactions, Chapter 8 - The Inducible Defense System: The Induction and Development of the Inducible Defense, Chapter 9 - Specific Host Resistance: The Effector Mechanisms, Chapter 10 - Immunologically Mediated Diseases and Allergic Reactions, Chapter 11 - The Host Response to Grafts and Transplantation Immunology, Chapter 12 - The Immunological System and Neoplasia, Chapter 13 - Comparative Immunology, Chapter 14 - Pathogenicity and Virulence, Chapter 15 - Bacteria, Chapter 16 - The Viruses, Chapter 17 - The Parasitic Protozoa and Helminth Worms, Chapter 18 - The Fungi, Chapter 19 - Immunization, Chapter 20 - Immunological Tests for Diagnosis of Disease and Identification of Molecules, Chapter 21 - Epidemiology, Disease Transmission, PrlÃò