Immunotherapy for infectious diseases /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2002.
Description:	x, 331 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Infectious disease Infectious disease (Totowa, N.J.)
Subject:	Immunotherapy. AIDS (Disease) -- Immunotherapy. Communicable Diseases -- therapy. Immunotherapy -- methods. HIV Infections -- immunology. HIV Infections -- therapy. Immunity. Viral Vaccines. Immunotherapy.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4733846

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Other authors / contributors:	Jacobson, Jeffrey M.
ISBN:	0896036693 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
List of Contributors
I. Basic Principles of Immunity
1. Humoral Immunity
2. Some Basic Cellular Immunology Principles Applied to the Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases
3. Immune Defense at Mucosal Surfaces
II. Molecular Basis for Immunotherapy
4. Production of Immunoglobulins and Monoclonal Antibodies Targeting Infectious Diseases
5. Dendritic Cells: Their Role in the Immune Response to Infectious Organisms and Their Potential Use in Therapeutic Vaccination
6. Cytokines, Cytokine Antagonists, and Growth Factors for Treating Infections
7. Principles of Vaccine Development
III. Immunotherapy for HIV Infection
8. Immunopathogenesis of HIV Infection
9. Immune Reconstitution with Antiretroviral Chemotherapy
10. Active Immunization as Therapy for HIV Infection
11. Passive Immunotherapy for HIV Infection
12. Host Cell-Directed Approaches for Treating HIV and Restoring Immune Function
13. Gene Therapy for HIV-1 Infection
IV. Immunotherapy for Infectious Diseases Other than HIV
14. Immunotherapy for Viral Infections Other than HIV
15. Immunotherapy for Virus-Associated Malignancies
16. Immunotherapy of Bacterial Infections and Sepsis
17. Immunotherapy for Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Infections
18. Immunotherapy for Fungal Infections
Index

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