Immunology

The role of parasites and pathogens in the evolution of life history traits is of increasing interest to both ecologists and evolutionary biologists.

What Do I Do Now?

What counts as an individual in the living world?

Within the field of infectious diseases, medical mycology has experienced significant growth over the last decade.

The second edition of Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases presents discussions of gene identification, mutation detection, and clinical and research applications for over 100 genetic immune disorders--disorders featuring an increased susceptibility to infections and, in certain conditions, an icreased rate of malignancies and autoimmune disorders.

Integrative Rheumatology offers a new and much-needed perspective in disease and symptom management, blending conventional medicine with alternative approaches not typically included in a Western medical practice.

Of the innumerable ways that science and humanity interact, few are as central or as significant as our interaction with microorganisms.

Of the innumerable ways that science and humanity interact, few are as central or as significant as our interaction with microorganisms.

This book is the first to present new medical research establishing a connection between religion and health and to examine the implications for Eastern and Western religious traditions and for society and culture.

In the seventeenth century, smallpox reigned as the world's worst killer.

Mayo Clinic Cases in Neuroimmunology delivers a case-based walk-through of demyelinating, autoimmune, and other inflammatory neurologic disorders and their mimics.

Mayo Clinic Cases in Neuroimmunology delivers a case-based walk-through of demyelinating, autoimmune, and other inflammatory neurologic disorders and their mimics.

This book-first published a decade before the COVID-19 pandemic erupted-is the first authored volume on ethical issues in infectious disease, "e;monumental"e; for its competence and comprehensiveness.

The current worldwide AIDS crisis is about 20 years old, but the disease itself is much older.

This fascinating intellectual history is the first critical study of the work of Elie Metchnikoff, the founding father of modern immunology.

For all our hubris, humans can be felled rapidly by an invisible enemy - viruses.

For all our hubris, humans can be felled rapidly by an invisible enemy - viruses.

Ever since we started huddling together in communities, the story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes.

Ever since we started huddling together in communities, the story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes.

A trustworthy clinical companion, the textbook offers best practice and management strategies for these common joint diseases.

This new edition of Clinical Immunology and Allergy is a practical and clinically based guide for clinicians and laboratory staff to aid diagnosis and management of immunological and allergic disease, and provides examples of the correct selection and interpretation of immunological tests for a wide range of conditions.

This new edition of Clinical Immunology and Allergy is a practical and clinically based guide for clinicians and laboratory staff to aid diagnosis and management of immunological and allergic disease, and provides examples of the correct selection and interpretation of immunological tests for a wide range of conditions.

Patients are beginning to benefit from antibody based, cellular and vaccine approaches that are effective against genetically diverse and therapy-resistance cancers.

The increasing incidence and prevalence of allergic disease worldwide is one of the most remarkable phenomena of the past 50 years.

The increasing incidence and prevalence of allergic disease worldwide is one of the most remarkable phenomena of the past 50 years.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is thought to affect almost 2.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is thought to affect almost 2.

The word germ is defined as 'a microbe that causes disease'.

Vaccination programmes now represent a major part of the effort devoted to improving the health of children in developing countries.

Vaccination programmes now represent a major part of the effort devoted to improving the health of children in developing countries.

There has been a huge increase in the knowledge and understanding of the immunological processes involved in surgical practice in recent years.

There has been a huge increase in the knowledge and understanding of the immunological processes involved in surgical practice in recent years.

The word germ is defined as 'a microbe that causes disease'.

The word germ is defined as 'a microbe that causes disease'.

The word germ is defined as 'a microbe that causes disease'.

Mast cells (MC) are phylogenetically old cells which are distributed throughout the human organism.

The Oxford Textbook of Medical Mycology is a comprehensive reference text which brings together the science and medicine of human fungal disease.

The Oxford Textbook of Medical Mycology is a comprehensive reference text which brings together the science and medicine of human fungal disease.

Axial spondyloarthritis is the commonest inflammatory arthritis affecting the spine.

Axial spondyloarthritis is the commonest inflammatory arthritis affecting the spine.

The immune system is central to human health and the focus of much medical research.

The immune system is central to human health and the focus of much medical research.

A trustworthy clinical companion, the textbook offers best practice and management strategies for these common joint diseases.

Neurodegenerative diseases, such as a stroke, Alzheimer's and dementia, are now tragically commonplace within the western world.

Neurodegenerative diseases, such as a stroke, Alzheimer's and dementia, are now tragically commonplace within the western world.

The Antibody Molecule follows the extraordinary journey of the medics and scientists who shaped the course of medical advances in the field of immunology.

The Antibody Molecule follows the extraordinary journey of the medics and scientists who shaped the course of medical advances in the field of immunology.

Clinical Infectious Disease is the only comprehensive single-volume reference on clinical infectious disease for the busy medical practitioner.

Clinical Infectious Disease is the only comprehensive single-volume reference on clinical infectious disease for the busy medical practitioner.

Lupus, a disease of the immune system, can be quite deadly, claiming the lives of thousands of patients yearly.