Published January, 2016
By Jens-M. Schroeder, Jürgen Harder and Jens-M. Schröder
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing AG)
Series: Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases
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This book focuses on the importance of human antimicrobial peptides (AMP) in keeping the host healthy and preventing infectious diseases. Last but not least, the role of AMP in HIV infection and the immunomodulatory properties of AMP highlight the diverse facets of AMP in host immunity.

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Published September, 2014
By Alan Jackson and Alan C. Jackson
Publisher: Springer (Springer Basel)
Series: Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases
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A variety of pathogenetic mechanisms are involved in these infections and an understanding of the pathogenesis is essential in understanding the diagnostic and clinical management aspects of the disease.

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Published August, 2014
By Joan Stein-Streilein
Publisher: Springer (Springer Basel)
Series: Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases
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This volume highlights the mechanisms leading to immune privilege in tissues and organs, the deviation of immune responses and the modification of the behavior of the immune cells that manage to cross the blood barriers of tissues, in the context of infection.

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Published April, 2014
By Andreas Thiel
Publisher: Springer (Springer Basel)
Series: Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases
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As individuals age, their ability to respond to and clear pathogens and to control unwanted immune reactions declines, leading to a greater incidence of certain infectious diseases, autoimmunity and general immune dysfunctions.

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Published January, 2013
By Rino Rappuoli, Philip R. Dormitzer, Christian W. Mandl and Philip Dormitzer
Publisher: Springer (Springer Basel)
Series: Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases
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Currently, we are witnessing a quantum leap in our technological capabilities to specifically modify the genetic make-up of viruses and bacteria, making it possible to generate improved live vaccines and to develop completely new types of replicating vaccines, such as vectored vaccines, single-round infectious vaccines and replicon vaccines.

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Published August, 2012
By Alan Jackson and Alan C. Jackson
Publisher: Springer (Springer Basel)
Series: Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases
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A variety of pathogenetic mechanisms are involved in these infections and an understanding of the pathogenesis is essential in understanding the diagnostic and clinical management aspects of the disease.

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Published July, 2012
By Joan Stein-Streilein
Publisher: Springer (Springer Basel)
Series: Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases
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This volume highlights the mechanisms leading to immune privilege in tissues and organs, the deviation of immune responses and the modification of the behavior of the immune cells that manage to cross the blood barriers of tissues, in the context of infection.

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Published March, 2012
By Rino Rappuoli and Giuseppe del Giudice
Publisher: Springer (Springer Basel)
Series: Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases
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The emergence of H5N1 avian influenza in 1997 and of the influenza A H1N1 of swine origin in 2009 calls for new, rapid and sustainable solutions for both seasonal and pandemic influenza viruses.

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Published February, 2012
By Andreas Thiel
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Series: Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases
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As individuals age, their ability to respond to and clear pathogens and to control unwanted immune reactions declines, leading to a greater incidence of certain infectious diseases, autoimmunity and general immune dysfunctions.

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Published November, 2010
By Rino Rappuoli, Philip R. Dormitzer, Christian Mandl, Christian W. Mandl and Philip Dormitzer
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Series: Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases
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Currently, we are witnessing a quantum leap in our technological capabilities to specifically modify the genetic make-up of viruses and bacteria, making it possible to generate improved live vaccines and to develop completely new types of replicating vaccines, such as vectored vaccines, single-round infectious vaccines and replicon vaccines.

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