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Everyman's Guide to Infection and Immunity
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By
Cedric Mims, Guy's Hospital Medical School, UMDS, London, U.K.
Description
Infectious diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. In The War Within Us, well-known author and infectious
disease specialist Cedric Mims makes the intricacies of the immune system and infectious diseases less baffling for the general reader
and answers the questions of how things work and why. The story is told in terms of the ancient conflict between the invader (the infectious
disease) and the defender (the body's immune system) and the strategies and counter-strategies used by both sides, making it a book that
is both informative and interesting to read. The War Within Us is an ideal introduction to the basics of immunity and
infection for general readers and students. It also serves as a quick reference book for physicians, researchers, and other health workers.
Audience
General readers interested in the life sciences, as well as microbiologists,immunologists, infectious disease researchers and clinicians.
Also for undergraduate students and others who need an introduction to the basics of immunity and infection.
Contents
The Parasite Versus the Host:
How We Defend Ourselves:
Surfaces Barriers and the Early Defences.
Immune
Defences.
Chinks in the Armour: Things That Go Wrong With Our Defences.
The Microbe's Response to Our Defence:
Breaching
the Early Defences.
How to Evade Immune Defences.
The Disease:
From Residents to Big Killers.
How Microbes Cause Disease.
Thumbnail Sketches of Seven Selected Diseases.
What the Future Holds:
The Threat of New Diseases.
Our Answers to Infectious
Diseases.
Selected Reading.
Glossary
Index.
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Hardbound, 288 pages, publication date: JUN-2000
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-498251-2
ISBN-10: 0-12-498251-4
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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