Immunology of Human Infection

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvii

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2. Viruses

   1. Immunology of Poxviruses

      • Gerald A. Cole, Robert V. Blanden

      Pages 1-19

   2. Immunology of Herpes Simplex Viruses

      • Steven L. Shore, André J. Nahmias

      Pages 21-72

   3. Immunology of Varicella-Zoster Virus

      • Russell W. Steele

      Pages 73-88

   4. Immunology of Cytomegalovirus

      • Stanley A. Plotkin

      Pages 89-115

   5. Immunology of Epstein-Barr Virus

      • Peter Gunvén

      Pages 117-134

   6. Immunology of Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Viruses

      • Lawrence D. Frenkel, Joseph A. Bellanti

      Pages 135-163

   7. Immunology of Respiratory Viruses

      • R. Ganguly, R. H. Waldman

      Pages 165-184

   8. Immunology of Enteroviruses

      • Robert C. Welliver, Moshe M. Drucker, Pearay L. Ogra

      Pages 185-203

   9. Immunology of Hepatitis Viruses

      • Arie Jeremy Zuckerman

      Pages 205-224

   10. Immunology of Human Papovaviruses

       • Franklin Pass, Keerti V. Shah

       Pages 225-241

   11. Immunology of Rabies, Arbovirus Encephalitis, Parainfectious Encephalitis, and Guillain-Barré Syndrome

       • Neal Nathanson, Aaron Miller

       Pages 243-272

   12. Immunology of Oncornaviruses

       • Ronald B. Herberman

       Pages 273-314

3. Parasites

   1. Immunology of Parasites

      • Irving G. Kagan, Shirley E. Maddison

      Pages 315-325

   2. Immunology of Toxoplasma gondii

      • Jack S. Remington, James L. Krahenbuhl

      Pages 327-371

   3. Immunology of Pneumocystis carinii

      • Walter T. Hughes

      Pages 373-383

   4. Immunology of Malaria

      • G. A. T. Targett

      Pages 385-402

   5. Immunology of Amebas, Giardia, and Trichomonads

      • J. P. Ackers

      Pages 403-443

   6. Immunology of Schistosomes

      • Kenneth S. Warren

      Pages 445-457

   7. Immunology of Trypanosomes

      • G. A. T. Targett

      Pages 459-486

When we were first approached by the senior editors of this series to edit a book on interactions between the host and infectious agents, we acceptedthis offer as an exciting challenge. The only condition, readily agreed upon, was that such a book should focus on the immunology of infections in humans. Our reasons, if not biases, were severalfold. We sensed that the fields of microbiology and im­ munolgy, which had diverged as each was focusing on its individual search, were coming together. In agreement with the opinions expressed by Dr. Richard Krause in the Introduction, we strongly believed that the development of the immune system evolved in response to infectious agents and that the evolution of these agents was influenced in turn by the character of the host's responses. An inten­ sive examination of the multitude of primitive or more recently developed host defense mechanisms to determine their relative contribution to man's resistance to a given infectious agent appeared to us to be of crucial basic· and practical interest. Many immune mechanisms studied in animals were being explored in humans and it appeared timely to focus particularly on what was known about man's resistance to infectious agents, correlating this information with lessons learned from relevant experiments in animal models.

• immune system
• immunology
• infection
• infections
• microbiology
• resistance

• Emory University, Atlanta, USA

  André J. Nahmias

• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

  Richard J. O’Reilly

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