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Living with germs : in health and disease / John Playfair.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Playfair, J. H. L., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immunology--Popular works.
- Immunology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (294 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- John Playfair presents an up-to-date, authoritative account of the workings of the immune system and the way it copes with pathogens, the microbes that make us ill.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction: Living with Germs; 1 Infection and immunity; 2 The pathogens; 3 Defence and immunity: the old immune system; 4 Sharpening the focus: the new immune system; 5 Communication and collaboration; 6 The pathogens fight back; 7 Getting ill; 8 Immunodeficiency; 9 Controlling pathogens; 10 A look ahead; Glossary and abbreviations; Biographies; Further reading; Index;
- Notes:
- Originally published: 2004.
- Previously issued in print: 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 1-383-00281-9
- 0-19-157934-3
- 1-281-14685-4
- 9786611146856
- 0-19-151727-5
- 1-4356-1782-7
- OCLC:
- 476242844
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