Infection & Immunity
gives an overview looking at immunity with respect to infection. It describes the key infectious agents our bodies encounter and how our immune system responds to them. It also explains how diseases are spread and what measures we can take to control this spread, from vaccination to increasing public awareness. Chapters cover topics such as HIV, TB, and malaria. The text then goes on to look at infantile diarrhoea and respiratory disease. Chapters also considers innate recognition, cell signalling, cancer, and pregnancy.
Book
Michael Ford
Medical Microbiology covers a range of key laboratory techniques used in the diagnosis of human diseases caused by microorganisms, with case studies throughout to highlight the clinical relevance of the techniques being described. The text is written from the point of view of a laboratory biomedical scientist. Topics include whole genome sequencing; MALDI-TOF, air sampling, and food microbiology; congenital infections, syphilis, human papillomavirus infection, and sample processing; the detection of antimicrobial resistance by molecular methods; and progressive cognitive disease, high-level resistance, and faecal transplantation.
