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Virus-Induced Immunosuppression
. Ed(S): Specter, Steven; Bendinelli, Mauro; Friedman, Herman
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Paperback. Editor(s): Specter, Steven; Bendinelli, Mauro; Friedman, Herman. Series: Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis. Num Pages: 500 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJCJ; MJCM; MMFM; PSAF; PST; PSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 726.
It is now widely acknowledged that at the beginning of this century Claude von Pirquet first pointed out that a viral disease, i. e. , measles, resulted in an anergy or depression of preexisting immune response, namely, delayed continuous hypersensitivity to PPD derived from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Thereafter ob servations that viral infections may result in immunosuppression have been recorded by many clinicians and infectious disease investigators for six or seven decades. Nevertheless, despite sporadic reports that infectious diseases caused by viruses may result in either transient or prolonged immunodepression, investigation of this phenomenon languished until the mid-1960s, when it was ... Read more
It is now widely acknowledged that at the beginning of this century Claude von Pirquet first pointed out that a viral disease, i. e. , measles, resulted in an anergy or depression of preexisting immune response, namely, delayed continuous hypersensitivity to PPD derived from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Thereafter ob servations that viral infections may result in immunosuppression have been recorded by many clinicians and infectious disease investigators for six or seven decades. Nevertheless, despite sporadic reports that infectious diseases caused by viruses may result in either transient or prolonged immunodepression, investigation of this phenomenon languished until the mid-1960s, when it was ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
Series
Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis
Number of Pages
500
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468455854
SKU
V9781468455854
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