Immunology category: 985 books
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Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2006
In the closing decade of the last century, we saw warnings that infectious diseases will require much more attention from patients and physicians in the 21 st century. Recently d- covered diseases such as AIDS pose a major threat to the population at large, and to that threat has been added the re-emergence...
Cancers in People with HIV and AIDS
Progress and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
The association between AIDS and cancer was recognized from the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, when the appearance of Kaposi sarcoma in a cluster of young men was one of the first signs of this new disease. It was soon recognized that AIDS was caused by infection with a novel virus (HIV) and that...
Astrovirus Research
Essential Ideas, Everyday Impacts, Future Directions
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Astroviruses were first identified in the feces of children in 1975. Since then, they have been found in ~ 3 to 20% of children with diarrhea. Given that serological studies have demonstrated that up to 90% of children have been exposed to at least one strain of astrovirus by age 9, the prevalence...
AIDS up to the Year 2000
Epidemiological, Sociocultural and Economic Scenario Analysis, Scenario Report Commissioned by the Steering Committee on Future Health Scenarios
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In March 1983 the Secretary of State for Welfare, Health and Cultural Affairs appointed the Steering Committee on Future Health Scenarios (STG). The task of the STG is to advise the Minister on the future of public health and health care in the long term in the Netherlands with a view to increasing...
Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders
A Historic and Scientific Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2014
Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders: A Historic and Scientific Perspective provides a complete historical context that is crucial for students and researchers concerned with primary immunodeficiency. When researchers have a poor understanding of the way we arrived where we are in research, they can...
Bone Marrow Transplantation
Basic and Clinical Studies
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In the last decade, remarkable advances have been made in bone marrow transplantation (BMT), which is now becoming a powerful tool in the treatment of diseases such as leukemia, aplastic anemia, and congenital immunodeficiency. In animal experiments, it has been found that BMT can be used to treat...
Pediatric Vaccines and Vaccinations
A European Textbook
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
This graduate textbook serves as a highly readable guide on vaccines and vaccination in infants, children and adolescents from an European perspective. The first part of the book is dedicated to childhood and adolescent vaccine schedules, maternal and neonatal immunization and safety of vaccines....
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Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Course covers topics in infectious diseases in children and is intended for Pediatric Infectious disease trainees, trainers, and all those who manage children with infections.
Each of the chapters in this book is based on a lecture given at the sixth "Infection and Immunity in Children"...
Malaria
Immune Response to Infection and Vaccination
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
Currently, malaria kills more than 300,000 people per year, making it a top priority of world leaders and international organizations, who are working towards implementing and coordinating efforts to eradicate this disease. An effective malaria vaccine is recognized as the key element that will decide...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2012
This book explores the many mechanisms by which the most prevalent Spirochetal pathogens persist in a healthy immune-competent host. Among them are the direct and indirect suppression of host immune signals, phase and antigenic variation, escaping recognition by host complement proteins, and...
Antimicrobial Peptides
Role in Human Health and Disease
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
This book focuses on the importance of human antimicrobial peptides (AMP) in keeping the host healthy and preventing infectious diseases. The first chapters deal with several examples of the role of AMP in different epithelial organs (skin and wound healing, eye, lung, genito-urinary tract, gut),...
Atopic Dermatitis
Eczema
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
This book presents the state of the art in research into atopic dermatitis, or atopic eczema, and provides numerous effective practical management recommendations that are grounded in the immense clinical experience of the author. A scientific evidence-based approach to the subject is adopted, progressing...
by Mario Castro, MD, MPH
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2008
This unique new text delivers practical guidelines on diagnosing and treating patients with asthma. Drs. Castro and Kraft are extensively involved in asthma research and improved patient care, and their comprehensive coverage of key challenges in diagnosing and treating asthma makes this a must have...
Smoking and Lung Inflammation
Basic, Pre-Clinical and Clinical Research Advances
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2013
Smoking and Lung Inflammation is the first book directly related to chronic lung inflammation of its kind in several respects. First, the it focuses on both basic and clinical research on COPD, and the inflammatory mechanisms that function in these diseases. Second, it is unique with respect to...