Overview
- First-of-its-kind textbook addressing the emerging field of immunoepidemiology
- Emphasizes infectious diseases, autoimmunity, and cancer, while providing principles applicable to myriad chronic diseases
- Includes sections on basic immunologic principles and their application to diseases in human populations
- Collates clinical and public health perspectives, by experts from Yale University
- Unprecedented resource for MPH students, epidemiology and immunology PhD students, medical students, and more
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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INTRODUCTION
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IMMUNOEPIDEMIOLOGY BASICS: IMMUNOLOGY OF POPULATIONS
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IMMUNOEPIDEMIOLOGY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND CANCER
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IMMUNOEPIDEMIOLOGIC INVESTIGATIVE, THERAPEUTIC, AND PREVENTATIVE TOOLS
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About this book
This textbook focuses on the nascent field of Immunoepidemiology that addresses how differences in immune responses among individuals affect the epidemiology of infectious diseases, cancer, hypersensitivity, and autoimmunity. The idea for the book originated from a course entitled “Immunology for Epidemiologists“ at the Yale School of Public Health. While many fine textbooks are available that address the immunological responses of individuals to pathogens, these provided very little information regarding how immunological variation among populations affects the epidemiology of disease. And yet, it has long been recognized that there is great immunologic diversity among people, which can have a profound effect on the epidemiology of disease. Careful review of the immunologic and epidemiologic literature revealed that there have been relatively few publications concerning immunoepidemiology and that no textbook is available on the subject. This textbook therefore aims to fill this void by providing a much-needed tool to comprehensively and efficiently teach immunoepidemiology. The book includes a section on the basic principles of immunology, and then applies them to particular examples of disease in human populations. The target audience for this text book are Masters of Public Health students. Others who should also find it of interest include PhD students in epidemiology, immunology, medical students, generalists, and specialists in immunology, infectious diseases, cancer, and rheumatology.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Paula B. Kavathas, Ph.D. is an immunologist whose research focuses on CD8 T cell immunity and immunotherapy. She received her Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of Wisconsin, was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University and is currently Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Immunobiology at Yale University School of Medicine where she teaches a popular Yale College undergraduate course “Immunity and Contagion”.
Nancy H. Ruddle, Ph.D. is an immunologist with a particular interest in cytokines and inflammation as they relate to autoimmunity and lymphoid organ development. She received her Ph.D. and did postdoctoral training at Yale University where she is a Professor at Yale School of Public Health. She developed the first Yale course , “Immunology for Epidemiologists” and taught it for more than 35 years.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Immunoepidemiology
Editors: Peter J. Krause, Paula B. Kavathas, Nancy H. Ruddle
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25553-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25552-7Published: 06 November 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25555-8Published: 06 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-25553-4Published: 24 October 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 297
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 74 illustrations in colour
Topics: Immunology, Epidemiology, Medical Microbiology, Public Health