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Title Immunology and immunopathogenesis of malaria / J. Langhorne (ed.)
Published Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 231 pages) : illustrations
Series Current topics in microbiology and immunology, 0070-217X ; 297
Current topics in microbiology and immunology ; 297. 0070-217X
Contents The dissection of CD8 T cells during liver-stage infection / U. Krzych and R.J. Schwenk -- Early interactions between blood-stage Plasmodium parasites and the immune system / B.C. Urban, R. Ing, and M.M. Stevenson -- Longevity of the immune response and memory to blood-stage malaria infection / A.H. Achtman [and others] -- Experimental models of cerebral malaria / C. Engwerda [and others] -- Glycosylphosphatidylinositols in malaria pathogenesis and immunity : potential for therapeutic inhibition and vaccination / C.S. Boutlis [and others] -- The immunology and pathogenesis of malaria during pregnancy / J.G. Beeson and P.E. Duffy
Summary Malaria-specific mortality in young African children have increased, perhaps due to drug resistance, insecticide resistant mosquitoes, poverty, political upheaval, and lack of effective vaccines. Aimed at malariologists, and the broader immunological community, this book addresses vital issues of malarial immunity and immunopathology
Analysis immunologie
immunology
biomedische wetenschappen
biomedicine
Medicine (General)
Geneeskunde (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Malaria -- Immunological aspects.
Malaria -- immunology
MEDICAL -- Infectious Diseases.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Contagious.
Malaria -- immunology.
Malaria -- Immunological aspects.
Biomédecine.
Sciences de la vie.
Malaria -- Immunological aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Langhorne, J. (Jean)
ISBN 9783540299677
354029967X
3540257187
9783540257189
6610413444
9786610413447