Frank, Steven A., 1957-

Immunology and evolution of infectious disease/ Steven A. Frank. - Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, c2002. - x, 348 p.: ill.; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-312) and indexes.

Vertebrate Immunity -- Benefits of Antigenic Variation -- MOLECULAR PROCESSES -- Specificity and Cross-Reactivity -- Generative Mechanisms -- INDIVIDUAL INTERACTIONS -- Immunodominance within Hosts -- Parasite Escape within Hosts -- POPULATION CONSEQUENCES -- Genetic Variability of Hosts -- Immunological Variability of Hosts -- Genetic Structure of Parasite Populations -- STUDYING EVOLUTION -- Classifications by Antigenicity and Phylogeny -- Experimental Evolution: Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus -- Experimental Evolution: Influenza -- Experimental Evolution: CTL Escape -- Measuring Selection with Population Samples -- Recap of Some Interesting Problems .

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Immunogenetics.-
Host-parasite relationships---Genetic aspects.
Microorganisms---Evolution
Antigens.
Molecular evolution.-
Parasite antigens---Variation.
Communicable Diseases---immunology.
Evolution, Molecular.-
Genetics, Population.-
Immunity---genetics.

571.93 / F828i

2002 I-996 WC 100 / F828i 2002