Review Questions for Microbiology and Immunology: A Review for the Usmle, Step 1, 2 and 3 Examinations

ISBN-13: 9781850700203 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 124 str.

Andy C. Reese; C. N. Nair; G. H. Brownell

Opis

A review text on medical microbiology and immunology containing 625 board-type questions and answers. The book's main questions cover general and medical microbiology, bacteriology, virology, immunology and parasitology.

Spis treści

General immunology: non-specific host defenses, complement, antigen binding molecules, lymphocytes and lymphoid tissues, lymphocyte maturation, antigens and tests for antigens and antibodies, cellular control of immune responses, cytokines and hormones. Clinical immunology: effector functions of the immune system, immune deficiencies, immunopathology, autoimmunity, immunobiology of cancer, immunobiology of transplantation, intervention in the immune response. General virology: virus structure, growth, assay and inactivation, viral replication, viral transmission and viral persistence, antiviral immune responses, viral genetics. Clinical virology: enteric viruses and hepatitis viruses, respiratory viruses, neurotropic viruses, herpes viruses, retroviruses. Microbiology: general microbiology, morphology, growth characteristics, antimicrobial agents, bacterial genetics, pathogenic bacteria, mycology, parasitology.

O autorze

A.C. Reese, C.N. Nair, G.H. Brownell