Designed as an introductory textbook, Infection, Resistance and Immunity provides basic information on the workings of the immunological system and on infectious processes and their control. With sections on immunological disorders, immunization, immunodiagnosis, and epidemiology, it relates immunology to practical problems in medicine. The book includes a section on comparative immunology, introducing students to differences among immunological systems among common species of nonhuman animals. Written for the advanced undergraduate, the focus is on host-parasite interactions—distinguishing this text from other standard texts, which focus on the cellular mechanisms of the immune response.

Designed as an introductory textbook, Infection, Resistance and Immunity provides basic information on the workings of the immunological system and on infectious processes and their control. With sections on immunological disorders, immunization, immunodiagnosis, and epidemiology, it relates immunology to practical problems in medicine. The book includes a section on comparative immunology, introducing students to differences among immunological systems among common species of nonhuman animals. Written for the advanced undergraduate, the focus is on host-parasite interactions—distinguishing this text from other standard texts, which focus on the cellular mechanisms of the immune response.

Abstract: A reference text presents 24 papers addressing recent advances in the understanding of the effects of nutritional stresses on immune development, linking the interations of disease organisms and such nutritional stresses with immunological changes. The papers are grouped under 3 general themes: (1) the general associations among disease, nutrition, and immunosuppression and their relationships in malnourished disease states (e.g., bacterial pathogens, cancer, parasitized children, measles); (2) humoral immunity and nutritional stresses (e.g., immunoglobulin production and allergy, antibody synthesis in vitamin deficiences, effects on immunological properties of breast milk); and (3) cellular immune function and nutrition with respect to various nutritional (iron, selenium, vitamin E, A, and C) and cellular factors (lymphokine production, thymic hormones, corticosteroids). Photographs, tables, and figures are included throughout the text. (wz).

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In an effort to enhance the way students think about life, their bodies and what it means to be human, this book introduces human biology from biochemical basics to traditional body systems. This helps students prepare for many complex issues facing them today.

Gives full coverage of genetics, including the step-by-step problem-solving approach pioneered by the author. The book is suitable for students who have a limited background in biology and chemistry, or for briefer courses where there is little time to cover advanced topics.

Includes Abstracts section, previously issued separately.

Presenting immunology as one aspect of the entire host defence system, this text also looks at many facets of host/parasite interaction. Material on various parasites and the pathogenesis of disease is examined along with information on immunological responses. Features of the book are that it provides an integrated treatment of infection and resistance using mechanisms of pathogenicity; discusses how inducible defence comes into play when the constitutive immune system is breached; and presents immunopathology as part of the immune response.