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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779911503321

Titolo

Infection and immunity / / D.H. Davies. [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Bristol, Pa. : , : Taylor & Francis, , 1999

ISBN

0-429-17732-1

1-4822-6788-8

1-280-40590-2

9786610405909

0-203-48438-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Collana

Modules in life sciences

Altri autori (Persone)

DaviesHuw <1959->

Disciplina

616.079

Soggetti

Immunology

Infection

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; General preface to the series; Preface; The Immune System; Bacteria; Viruses; Parasitic Infections; Fungi; Vaccines; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This concise text explores the interactions between pathogens and the immune system. Taking a disease-based approach, it explains how micro-organisms adapted to growth in human hosts can evade the immune system and cause disease.The opening chapter overviews the innate and adaptive immune responses to microbes. Subsequent chapters are specific to particular pathogens, beginning with their biology and leading on to illustrate mechanisms of adaptation and ensuing consequences. Each of these chapters ends with a summary, review questions and further reading lists.Summaries, review questio