Published August, 2009
By Graham A.W. Rook and Graham Rook
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Series: Progress in Inflammation Research
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This book takes an interdisciplinary approach in discussing the evidence for and against the so-called 'hygiene hypothesis'. It does so in the context of Darwinian medicine, which deploys our knowledge of evolution in an effort to cast light on human diseases.

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Published August, 2009
By I.W. Fong and Kenneth Alibek
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century
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Compiled by two leading experts in the field, this volume provides a concise, timely, and authoritative review of some of the most problematic infections of the new century. It presents issues and new ideas for preventing and controlling infectious diseases.

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Published July, 2009
By Werner J. Pichler and Werner Pichler
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Discusses the subject of drug hypersensitvity. This title covers topics that include: approach to the patient with drug allergy; perioperative anaphylaxis; basophil activation test in drug allergy; in vitro tests; and, desensitizations.

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Published July, 2009
By Walter Orenstein, Richard W. Compans and Walter A. Orenstein
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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Concerns about pandemic preparedness have greatly stimulated research activities to develop eff- tive vaccines for pandemic influenza viruses, and to overcome the limitations inh- ent in current approaches to vaccine production and distribution.

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Published July, 2009
By Arthur M. Silverstein and Arthur Silverstein
Publisher: Elsevier (Academic Press Inc)
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Traces the concept of immunity from ancient times, examining how changing concepts and technologies have affected the course of the science. This title shows how the personalities of scientists and even political and social factors influenced both theory and practice in the field.

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Published July, 2009
By Frederick W Alt
Publisher: Elsevier (Academic Press Inc)
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Presents developments as well as comprehensive reviews in immunology. This title includes articles that address the wide range of topics which comprise immunology, including molecular and cellular activation mechanisms, phylogeny and molecular evolution, and clinical modalities.

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Published July, 2009
By Tracy Handel and Damon Hamel
Publisher: Elsevier (Academic Press Inc)
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Offers a comprehensive overview of chemokine methods, specifically as related to potential disease therapy. This volume includes various methods and techniques in chemokine research.

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Published July, 2009
By Uwe Lendeckel and Nigel M. Hooper
Publisher: Springer
Series: Proteases in Biology and Disease
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The 8th volume in the Proteases in Biology and Disease series focuses on the role of proteases in virus function and their potential as anti-viral targets. Proteases are still regarded as an Achilles' heel of the pathogens and, thus, protease inhibitors may help to handle the known and the emerging viral threads.

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Published July, 2009
By Stephen T Holgate, Ruby Pawankar and Lanny J. Rosenwasser
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
Series: Allergy Frontiers
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When I entered the field of allergy in the early 1970s, the standard textbook was a few hundred pages, and the specialty was so compact that texts were often authored entirely by a single individual and were never larger than one volume.

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Published July, 2009
By Vassil St. Georgiev and Anthony S. Fauci
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Infectious Disease
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH: Volume 2: Impact on Global Health covers the scientific aspects of the entire portfolio of NIAID, including microbiology and infectious disease, HIV/AIDS, and immunology and vaccines.

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