The immunology of parasitic infections /
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| Language: | English |
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London :
John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Ltd.,
1930.
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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