Title: The pathogenesis of infectious disease /
Authors: Mims, Cedric A.
Date: 1987
Publisher: Academic Press,
Physical description: xi, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: R
Contents: Preface to the Fourth Edition -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- General Principles -- Attachment to and Entry of Microorganisms into the Body -- Events Occurring Immediately After the Entry of the Microorganism -- The Encounter of the Microbe with the Phagocytic Cell -- The Spread of Microbes through the Body -- The Immune Response to Infection -- Microbial Strategies in Relation to the Immune Response -- Mechanisms of Cell and Tissue Damage -- Recovery from Infection -- Failure to Eliminate Microbe -- Host and Microbial Factors Influencing Susceptibility -- Vaccines -- Appendix -- Conclusions -- Glossary -- Index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Communicable diseases.