Full Description
An integrated view of the principal aspects of immune response to all types of infectious agents, emphasizing the immune system as a host defense system. * Illustrates how the dialogue between different types of pathogens and the host immune system, as well as the cross-talk between the different members of the immune response, works. * Serves as valuable reading for microbiologists interested in pathogenesis and immunology; clinicians with an interest in immunology, virology, vaccine development, infectious diseases, bacteriology, parasitology, pathology, and cell biology; and immunologists wanting to expand their knowledge of infectious diseases and their causative agents. This title is published by the American Society for Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.
Contents
Table of ContentsIntroduction, Stefan H. E. Kaufmann, Alan Sher, and Rafi AhmedI. The Pathogens1. Overview of the Bacterial Pathogens, Michael Kuhn, Werner Goebel, Dana J. Philpott, and Philippe J. Sansonetti2. Overview of the Fungal Pathogens, Luigina Romani3. Overview of the Parasitic Pathogens, Edward J. Pearce and Rick L. Tarleton4. Overview of the Viral Pathogens, Jonathan W. Yewdell and Jack R. BenninkII. The Anti-Infective Immune Response5. Evolution of the Host Defense System, Austin L. HughesIII. Innate Immunity6. Phagocytes and Anti-Infective Immunity, Gordon D. Brown and Siamon Gordon7. Innate Immunity and Bacterial Infections, Emil Unanue8. Defensins and Cathelicidins-Antimicrobial Peptide Effectors of Mammalian Innate Immunity, Tomas Ganz and Robert I. Lehrer9. Innate Immunity to Parasitic Infections, Christopher A. Hunter and Alan Sher10. Innate Immunity and Fungal Infections, Amy C. Herring and Gary B. Huffnagle 11. Innate Immunity and Viral Infections, Christine A. Biron, Marc Dalod, and Thais P. Salazar-MatherIV. Acquired Immunity12. The Th1/Th2 Paradigm in Infections, Tim R. Mosmann and Deborah J. Fowell13. Immunological Memory and Infection, Rafi Ahmed, J. Gibson Lanier, and Eric Pamer 14. Regional Immune Response to Microbial Pathogens, Marian R. Neutra and Jean-Pierre Kraehenbuhl15. Acquired Immunity against Bacteria, Helen L. Collins and Stefan H. E. Kaufmann16. Acquired Immunity against Fungi, Arturo Casadevall17. Adaptive Immune Effector Mechanisms against Intracellular Protozoa and Gut-Dwelling Nematodes, Phillip Scott and Richard K. Grencis18. Acquired Immunity against Viral Infections, Eva Szomolanyi-Tsuda, Michael S. Brehm, and Raymond M. WelshV. Pathology19. Autoimmunity as a Consequence of Infection, Kai W. Wucherpfennig and Nilufer P. Seth20. Pathology and Pathogenesis of Bacterial Infections, Steffen Stenger and Robert Modlin 21. Pathology and Pathogenesis of Parasitic Disease, Thomas A. Wynn and Dominic Kwiatkowski 22. Pathology and Pathogenesis of Virus Infections, Shawn P. O'Neil, Wun-Ju Shieh, and Sherif R. Zaki VI. Evasion and Latency23. Bacterial Persistence: Strategies for SurvivalErnesto J. Munoz-Elias and John D. McKinney24. Viral Immune EvasionDavid C. Johnson and Grant McFadden25. Immune Evasion by ParasitesJohn M. Mansfield and Martin OlivierVII. Immunogenetics26. Immunogenetics of the Host Response to Bacteria and Parasites in Humans, Laurent Abel and Jean-Laurent Casanova 27. Immunogenetics of the Host Response to Bacteria in Mice, Philippe Gros and Erwin Schurr28. Immunogenetics of the Host Response to Viral Infections, Michel Brahic, Charles M. Bangham, Gabriel Gachelin, and Jean-Francois BureauVIII. Immune Intervention29. Immune Intervention in Tuberculosis, Douglas B. Young and Brian D. Robertson30. Immune Intervention in AIDS, Guido Silvestri and Mark B. Feinberg
