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The war within us : everyman's guide to infection and immunity
- Title
- The war within us : everyman's guide to infection and immunity / Cedric Mims.
- Author
- Mims, Cedric A.
- Publication
- San Diego, CA : Academic Press, [2000], ©2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | QR181.7 .M56 2000 | Off-site |
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- Description
- x, 278 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Popular Work.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-2) and index.
- Contents
- Pt. 1. The Parasite Versus the Host. Ch. 1. The parasite versus the host -- Pt. 2. How We Defend Ourselves. Ch. 2. Surfaces barriers and the early defences. Ch. 3. Immune defences. Ch. 4. Chinks in the armour; things that go wrong with our defences -- Pt. 3. The Microbe's Response to Our Defence. Ch. 5. Breaching the early defences. Ch. 6. How to evade immune defences -- Pt. 4. The Disease. Ch. 7. From residents to big killers. Ch. 8. How microbes cause disease. Ch. 9. Thumbnail sketches of seven selected diseases -- Pt. 5. What the Future Holds. Ch. 10. The threat of new diseases. Ch. 11. Our answers to infectious diseases.
- ISBN
- 0124982514 (alk. paper)
- OCLC
- ocm44603902
- SCSB-4215539
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries