The immunology of parasitic infections /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Taliaferro, William H. (William Hay), 1895-1973
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Ltd., 1930.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introductory concepts of parasitism, infection and immunity reactions
  • Serological reactions used in diagnosis: complement fixation, agglutination, precipitin reaction and miscellaneous tests
  • Lysins and reproduction-inhibiting antibodies in relation to the types of infections in trypanosomiasis and malaria
  • The protective and curative action of immune serums
  • Hypersensitiveness and various cutaneous tests used to detect parasitic infections
  • The production of symptoms by parasites: toxins, other poisonous substances (endotoxins) and hypersensitiveness
  • The cellular basis of immunity
  • The nature and production of immunity in parasitic infections
  • Serological and immunological reactions used in the classification of parasites
  • Appendix: Catalogue of the parasites considered in the present volume