The Immune Response to Infection

Examines the mechanisms of both the innate and adaptive immune systems as they relate to infection and disease.

• Explores the underlying mechanisms of immunity and the many sequelae of host-pathogen interactions, ranging from the sterile eradication of the invader, to controlled chronic infection, to pathologic corollaries of the host-pathogen crosstalk.
• Discusses the pathogenesis of certain autoimmune disorders and cancers that are induced by infectious agents but then become independent of the infection process.
• Serves as a resource for immunologists, molecular microbiologists, infectious disease clinicians, researchers, and students.