Immunity The Immune Response in Infectious and Inflammatory Disease

An understanding of the immune system is central to the understanding of how the body interacts with its surroundings, and how it both protects itself and responds to infectious disease. But what processes underpin the body's response to infection? How does our immune system remember its previo...

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Main Author: DeFranco, Anthony L. (Author)
Other Authors: Lockskey, Richard M. (co-author), Robertson, Miranda (co-author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: United Kingdom Oxford University Press 2007
Series:Primers in biology
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