Infection, Resistance, and Immunity, Second

Designed as an introductory textbookInfection, Resistance and Immunityprovides basic and established information on the workings of the immunological system and on infectious processes and their control. With sections on immunological disorders, immunization, immunodiagnosis and epidemiology relating immunology to practical problems in medicine, a section on comparative immunology introduces the student to differences among immunological systems among common species of nonhuman animals. Written for the advanced undergraduate, the focus on host-parasite interactions distinguishes this text from other standard texts, which focus on the cellular mechanisms of the immune response.

Preface
Contributors
Introduction to Infection, Resistance, and Immunity	p. 1
Host-Parasite Relationships	p. 13
Constitutive Host Resistance	p. 27
The Inflammatory Response: A Bridge Between the Constitutive and Inducible Systems	p. 45
The Inducible System: History of Development of Immunology as a Component of Host-Parasite Interactions	p. 61
The Inducible System: Antigens	p. 85
The Inducible Defense System: Antibody Molecules and Antigen-Antibody Reactions	p. 105
The Inducible Defense System: The Induction and Development of the Inducible Defense	p. 131
Specific Host Resistance: The Effector Mechanisms	p. 157
Immunologically Mediated Diseases and Allergic Reactions	p. 181
The Host Response to Grafts and Transplantation Immunology	p. 201
The Immunological System and Neoplasia	p. 223
Comparative Immunology	p. 247
Pathogenicity and Virulence	p. 265
Bacteria	p. 283
The Viruses	p. 319
The Parasitic Protozoa and Helminth Worms	p. 349
The Fungi	p. 379
Immunization	p. 393
Immunological Tests for Diagnosis of Disease and Identification of Molecules	p. 413
Epidemiology, Disease Transmission, Prevention, and Control	p. 435
Index	p. 459
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