ABSTRACT

This concise text explores the interactions between pathogens and the immune system. Taking a disease-based approach, it explains how micro-organisms adapted to growth in human hosts can evade the immune system and cause disease.
The opening chapter overviews the innate and adaptive immune responses to microbes. Subsequent chapters are specific

chapter 1|32 pages

The Immune System

chapter 2|34 pages

Bacteria

chapter 3|58 pages

Viruses

chapter 4|44 pages

Parasitic Infections

4.1 Introduction

chapter 5|38 pages

Fungi

chapter 6|24 pages

Vaccines