The war within us : everyman's guide to infection and immunity /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mims, Cedric A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Diego, CA. : Academic Press, ©2000.
Temas:
Infection.
Immunology.
Medical microbiology.
Immunity.
Immune system.
Microbiology.
Parasites.
Immunity
Immune System
Infection Control
Microbiology
Parasites
Infections
Microbiologie médicale.
Immunité.
Système immunitaire.
Microbiologie.
microbiology.
MEDICAL > Immunology.
Immunology
Infection
Medical microbiology
Infecties.
Immuniteit.
Popular Work
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.
  • The parasite versus the host
  • How we defend ourselves
  • The microbe's response to our defence
  • The disease
  • What the future holds.

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