Immunity Against Mucosal Pathogens

Michael Vajdy

ISBN 10: 1402084110 / ISBN 13: 9781402084119

Published by Springer, 2008

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Immunity Against Mucosal Pathogens | Michael Vajdy | Buch | xvi | Englisch | 2008 | Springer | EAN 9781402084119 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Immunity Against Mucosal Pathogens
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402084110
• ISBN 13: 9781402084119
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 160H x 38D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 38 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1074 grams
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Synopsis

Surprisingly what separates us from the open environment all around us sometimes is a single layer of epithelial cells. It is at these seemingly fragile sites that most pathogens, including HIV, influenza, emerging and biodefense agents, gain access to our inside milieu. While there are major similarities between the cells and the immune responses generated at the mucosal membranes of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts together with the genitourinary tract, there are also important differences. Knowledge of these differences and similarities is required in order to understand the interactions between us, as the host, and the pathogens that attack through each tract, and how our immune system reacts to each of them. Whether we want to devise rational prophylactic or therapeutic vaccines or treatments to either prevent or treat mucosal infections we must acquire such knowledge. This is the rationale behind putting this book together.

This book will provide the readers in the areas of vaccinology, virology, bacteriology, epidemiology, immunology and mucosal immunology within academia (undergraduate, graduate, post doctoral fellows and professors), as well as preclinical and clinical scientists in vaccine and drug industries a thorough appreciation of the mucosal immune system and its importance in protecting humans against mucosal pathogens.