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Living with Germs : In Health and Disease.

The vast majority of germs do not infect us at all - it is pathogens that make us ill. Renowned expert John Playfair vividly describes these pathogens and the defence mechanisms by which we come to terms with them - whether by eliminating them, stopping them from eliminating us, or by simply learnin...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Playfair, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, UK, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Contents; Introduction: Living with Germs; 1 Infection and immunity; 2 The pathogens; 3 Defence and immunity: the old immune system; 4 Sharpening the focus: the new immune system; 5 Communication and collaboration; 6 The pathogens fight back; 7 Getting ill; 8 Immunodeficiency; 9 Controlling pathogens; 10 A look ahead; Glossary and abbreviations; Biographies; Further reading; Index. 
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