1. Innate Immunity -- 2. Specific acquired Immunity -- 3. Antibodies -- 4. Membrane receptors for antigen -- 5. The primary interaction with antigen -- 6. Immunochemical techniques -- 7. Cellular techniques -- 8. The anatomy of the immune response -- 9. Lymphocyte activation -- 10. The production of effectors -- 11. Control mechanisms -- 12. Ontogeny and phylogeny -- 13. Adversarial strategies during infection -- 14. Prophylaxis -- 15. Immunodeficiency -- 16. Hypersensitivity -- 17. Transplantation -- 18. Tumor immunology -- 19. Autoimmune diseases 1 - Scope and etiology -- 20. Autoimmune diseases 2 - Pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment
Summary
Roitt's Essential Immunology clearly outdistances other textbooks in the area by its scope, its organisation, its clarity and its ability to convey a carefully balanced and up-to-date view of immunology
