1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910969628803321

Titolo

Infection and immunity

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Taylor & Francis, c1999

ISBN

9786610405909

9781040214602

1040214606

9780429177323

0429177321

9781482267884

1482267888

9781280405907

1280405902

9780203484388

020348438X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

1 online resource

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