Immunity : The Immune Response to Infectious and Inflammatory Disease

DeFranco, Anthony, Locksley, Richard, Robertson, Miranda

ISBN 10: 0199206147 / ISBN 13: 9780199206148

Published by Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2007

About this Item

Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # GRP80434359

Bibliographic Details

Title: Immunity : The Immune Response to Infectious...

Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Publication Date: 2007

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

An understanding of the immune system is central to the understanding of how the body interacts with its surroundings, and how it both protects itself and responds to infectious disease. But what processes underpin the body's response to infection? How does our immune system remember its previous encounters? And what happens when the tight regulation of the immune system fails?

Immunity: The Immune Response in Infectious and Inflammatory Disease presents an engaging insight into one of the most intricate yet conceptually challenging biological systems. With a unique emphasis on the immune response to infection, it presents the immune system as a dynamic interface with the outside world.

Building up a complete picture of the subject, the book leads the student through both innate and adaptive immunity, how infection is detected, and how the cells of the immune system interact to generate a response, before examining the immune response to bacterial, viral, and fungal and parasitic infections. Finally, the book explores the relationship between the regulation of the immune response and immunological diseases - how the immune system is controlled, and the implications for our health when this control is lost - and immune memory and the development of vaccines.

Immunity combines articulate prose with striking full colour illustrations, while the unique Primers in Biology modular structure integrates text, illustrations, definitions, and literature references for each topic into one double-page spread, bringing to the student's fingertips all the tools that they need to master that topic.

The immune system is one of the most challenging yet rewarding biological systems to comprehend; Immunity: The Immune Response in Infectious and Inflammatory Disease is the ideal resource for any student wishing to develop a sound grasp of this fascinating subject.

Online Resource Centre
The Online Resource Centre features:

For lecturers
Figures from the book available to download, to facilitate lecture preparation

For students
Interactive self-assessment questions for each section of the book.
Lecturers in the US and Canada:
Immunity is distributed in the US and Canada by Sinauer Associates. Ordering details can be found at: www.sinauer.com/detail.php?id=1798

Review:

The message and information in this book are thought provoking and of practical value. I recommend it to every library, public health professional, research scholar, academic, clinician, nurse, manager and care provider in the UK and abroad. (Times Higher Education Supplement)