Mims' Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease - Brossura

Mims, Cedric A.; Dimmock, N. J.; Nash, Anthony; Stephen, John

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ISBN 10: 0124982638 ISBN 13: 9780124982635

Casa editrice: Academic Pr, 1995

Riassunto

The newly revised edition of this work provides an up-to-date description of the mechanisms of infection and disease production in a clear and logical manner. Dealing in an integrated manner with all microorganisms, the factors common to all infectious diseases are set out. Molecular biology, pathology, and immunology are brought together to explain how an infectious agent causes disease, and how the body reacts to it.

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Tony Nash is Emeritus Professor of Infectious Diseases at the University of Edinburgh. He has had a distinguished career i the field of viral pathogenesis in which he has over a 150 publications. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and of the Academy of medical sciences of the UK.

Cedric Mims began as a zoologist, studying under GP Wells and JBS Haldane at University College, London. He then went to the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, graduating in 1952. After hospital appointments he spent three years in Uganda studying tropical fevers, and then 16 years in Canberra, Australia, interspersed with two years in the USA. This was followed by a 20-year period in London as Professor of Microbiology at Guy's Hospital Medical School, where his enthusiasm for teaching found its outlet. His entire career has focused on infectious diseases and immunology, and he has produced five books and more than a hundred scientific papers on these subjects. He has four children and nine grandchildren and lives in the Sussex countryside.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Academic Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0124982638
• ISBN 13: 9780124982635
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 4
• Numero di pagine: 414
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile