Encyclopedia of Medical Immunology Immunodeficiency Diseases

The second volume in Springer's gold-standard reference work on medical immunology focuses on infectious diseases. In tandem with its three counterpart volumes it offers the most wide-ranging and authoritative repository of knowledge on infectious diseases, with readily accessed contributions by the world's leading authorities on the subject, broken down according to the regions of the human body affected. The encyclopedia covers the material from all angles, with 1000 pages of essays on the genetics, physiology, metabolism, pathogenesis and applied microbiology of known infectious diseases, and includes access to an e-reference work that will include ongoing updates reflecting the latest advances in the field. This high-profile encyclopedia will be an essential addition to academic libraries worldwide, providing researchers and professionals in a range of contexts with unrivalled coverage of state-of-the-art essays on transmissible disease.