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Table of Contents:

Contributors
Preface
Introduction 1
1 Overview of the Bacterial Pathogens 5
2 Overview of the Fungal Pathogens 25
3 Overview of the Parasitic Pathogens 39
4 Overview of the Viral Pathogens 53
5 Evolution of the Host Defense System 67
6 Phagocytes and Anti-Infective Immunity 79
7 Innate Immunity in Bacterial Infections 93
8 Defensins and Cathelicidins: Antimicrobial Peptide Effectors of Mammalian Innate Immunity 105
9 Innate Immunity to Parasitic Infections 111
10 Innate Immunity and Fungal Infections 127
11 Innate Immunity and Viral Infections 139
12 The Th1/Th2 Paradigm in Infections 163
13 Immunological Memory and Infection 175
14 Regional Immune Response to Microbial Pathogens 191
15 Acquired Immunity against Bacteria 207
16 Acquired Immunity against Fungi 223
17 Adaptive Immune Effector Mechanisms against Intracellular Protozoa and Gut-Dwelling Nematodes 235
18 Acquired Immunity against Viral Infections 247
19 Autoimmunity as a Consequence of Infection 269
20 Pathology and Pathogenesis of Bacterial Infections 281
21 Pathology and Pathogenesis of Parasitic Disease 293
22 Pathology and Pathogenesis of Virus Infections 307
23 Bacterial Persistence: Strategies for Survival 331
24 Viral Immune Evasion 357
25 Immune Evasion by Parasites 379
26 Immunogenetics of the Host Response to Bacteria and Parasites in Humans 395
27 Immunogenetics of the Host Response to Bacteria in Mice 407
28 Immunogenetics of the Host Response to Viral Infections 421
29 Immune Intervention in Tuberculosis 439
30 Immune Intervention in AIDS 453
Index 479