Overview
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Juneann W. Murphy
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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA
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Herman Friedman
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University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
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Mauro Bendinelli
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University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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- Judith E. Domer, Robert I. Lehrer
Pages 49-116
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- Scott G. Filler, John E. Edwards Jr.
Pages 117-133
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- E. Nan Scott, Harold G. Muchmore
Pages 135-150
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- Betty Wu-Hsieh, D. H. Howard
Pages 213-250
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- Mohamad M. El-Zaatari, Michael R. McGinnis
Pages 325-334
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- Chester R. Cooper Jr., Ira F. Salkin
Pages 335-358
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- Mohamad M. El-Zaatari, Michael R. McGinnis
Pages 379-391
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- Viswanath P. Kurup, Jordan N. Fink
Pages 393-404
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About this book
Biomedical scientists widely acknowledge that individuals' immune respon siveness is important in resistance to infections by microorganisms, including fungi. Because of the devastating acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic, caused by the human immunodeficiency retrovirus, it is now accepted that suppressed immune responses, especially cellular immu nity, are important contributors to increased individual susceptibility to opportunistic infections-including infections caused by fungi which were at one time thought to be very lowly or nonpathogenic. Within the last few years, there has been an almost explosive increase in interest and studies concerning the nature and mechanisms of the immune response to fungal infections. Many immunologists who are not well versed in mycology have begun to study the nature and mechanisms of antifungal immunity using a wide variety of newer as well as more conventional immunologic technologies, both in vivo and in vitro. Up to the 1980s, however, there was little interest among basic immunologists concerning fungal immunity. This situation has changed dramatically in the past half decade, mainly because of AIDS.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA
Juneann W. Murphy
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University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
Herman Friedman
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University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Mauro Bendinelli
