immunology books

	Case Studies in Immunology
	By: Fred Rosen ISBN: 0815341024 Publisher: Garland Science Release Date: 09 April, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 412803	The book is full of high yield tables and figures. I think is useful for the USMLE but only after reading another source like Medical Microbiology and Immunology Examination and Board Review or from Kaplan. It also has many interesting questions at the end of each case. Is a very well organized text; don't think that you're going to see only cases and questions, NOT it begins each case with the basic concepts in that topic, then the case, and detail explanations of the disease, and some questions. If you don't have the time to read the complete text, I think that you can do very well just with the tables and Figures(full color), it contains some MRIs, CT, x-rays, and electron microscopies. Most of the cases are about the most high yield diseases (immunologic diseases) found in the USMLE and some are about diseases that you may have never heard but that may be tested as gene knock-outs or mutations cases. Is useful for USMLE Step 1,2 and 3 since it gives you basic concepts, pathogenesis and explanations about treatment. These case studies helped me grasp the esoteric ideas of immunology. I would recommend this book to other medical students. It is succinct and to the point.
	Immunology, Infection, and Immunity
	By: Gerald B. Pier, Jeffrey B. Lyczak, Lee M. Wetzler ISBN: 1555812465 Publisher: ASM Press Release Date: April, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 642051
	Veterinary Immunology: An Introduction (Veterinary Immunology)
	By: Ian R. Tizard ISBN: 0721601367 Publisher: Saunders Release Date: 12 May, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 513765	Concruent with previous layouts, this latest edition is repleat with photos, charts and graphics that aid in one's understanding of the fundamental principles detailed herein. A welcome refresher for the practiced veterinarian, it remains the standard text for graduate and veterinary school students alike. A comprehensive description of CD/IL this, that and the other, without any grasp of explaining the big picture of the subject. We're doing a chapter a week as part of my internal medicine residency rounds and it's utter torture. I still don't have a good idea of where we're going with this. My residentmates and instructors agree - we're seriously considering jumping ship and buying another book. Tizzard has produced a fine and reasonably comprehensive text for introducing veterinary students to the science of immunology. Starting with easy to grasp basics he proceeds to ever increasing depth in the numerous areas of immunology.<p>Unlike standard texts, which only teach mouse and primate immunology, Tizzard's book introduces the reader to the differences found in the immune systems of various species. This makes the book valuable not only for veterinary students but for non-veterinary immunology students, who all too often get the impression that all immune systems look and work like the mouse and human systems.<p>While it is impossible to provide exhaustive coverage of all topics in a limited scope, Tizzard does a fine job of selecting and highlighting the most important findings and concepts in each area. Numerous illustrations aid in making difficult concepts clear and easy to grasp. He also provides bibliographies for each chapter which allow the reader to pursue more in depth studies.<p>As with his earlier books Tizzard has again made a worthy contribution to the teaching of immunology. It is certainly to be hoped that this textbook will be widely used not only to teach immunology but also to give students an awareness and appreciation of the many ways in which different species have evolved and specialized their immune systems.
	Appleton & Lange Outline Review of Microbiology & Immunology (Appleton & Lange Review Book Series)
	By: William W. Yotis ISBN: 0071405666 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical Release Date: 10 December, 2003 Bioscience book rank: 711329
	Fundamental Immunology
	By: William E Paul ISBN: 0781735149 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Release Date: 01 August, 2003 Bioscience book rank: 599743	If you have lot of time to read, yes, this book is a MUST. But if you have 40 exams plus practices plus meetings plus, plus, plus.....Kuby is a good option. Anyway, never trust only in a single book. <br />Ana Laura Fazio <br />MSc. Immunology <br /> <br />No offense to William Paul and the Authors of this book, but the CD is unusable unless you allow it access to the internet to review your searches!!!! (In either Windows ME or Windows XP) <br /> <br />A complete invasion of privacy. <br /> <br />Fundamental Immunology IV did not have that problem! <br /> <br />(Microsoft Word is having new problems like this with their Windows XP professional as well! It did not have those problems with ME - Hum?) the next best thing to actually following the literature. a great way to get a background in a less familiar topic.
	Stedman's Dermatology & Immunology Words: Includes Rheumatology, Allergy, and Transplantation (Stedman's Word Books)
	By: Stedman's ISBN: 0781755301 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Release Date: 01 December, 2004 Bioscience book rank: 422808
	Virus dynamics: Mathematical principles of immunology and virology
	By: Martin A. Nowak, Robert May ISBN: 0198504179 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Release Date: 25 January, 2001 Bioscience book rank: 409899	This book is best described as the application of nonlinear ordinary differential equations to immunology and virology. It's primary emphasis is on understanding the time development of viral infections, drug treatments, and viral resistance of the HIV and hepatitis-B viruses.<p> The authors do a good job of describing the relevant equations needed to model virus dynamics. The book would be a good beginning for mathematicians interested in going into the field of mathematical immunology. And, even though it should be classified as a monograph, rather than a textbook, since there are no problem sets, students of mathematical immunology should find this book a useful introduction to the subject. In addition, the authors give a large list of references at the end of each chapter for further reading. <p> Mathematicians who need a background in the biology of the HIV virus will find a good discussion in Chapter 2 of the book. The authors give an historical summary of the origins and treatment of the virus in this chapter. This sets the stage for the mathematical modeling of virus dynamics in Chapter 3, where the authors define the basic reproductive ratio and write down a system of three coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations as the basic equations of virus dynamics. They remark, though without justification, that an analytical solution of the time development is not possible, and so they use approximation schemes to solve the equations. The equations are a phenomenological representation of virus dynamics, and no attempt is made to relate the rate constants to the underlying microscopic properties/structures/processes of viruses. They do however discuss the empirical data associated with studies of SIV infections, and show convincingly there is a correlation between the initial growth of the virus and its value at equilibrium. They caution the reader that the basic model does not give the true reproductive ratio, and show how to correct for this by introducing time delays. <p> The efficacy of drug therapy is treated from both a mathematical and experimental viewpoint in the next chapter. This is a very enlightening discussion from the standpoint of the validation of the virus models. <p> The authors switch gears in the next chapter and talk about the dynamics of the Hepatitus B virus. Again, they do a good job of introducing the reader to the experimental evidence for the models of this virus. <p> In chapter 6, they bring in the contribution of the immune system to the basic equations. They assume that the reader is familiar with the concept of CTL responsiveness. The resulting equations are somewhat more complicated, and the authors show how the ubiquitous Lotka-Volterra equations arise with the virus being the prey, and the immune system the predator. No detailed phase space analysis is done however to study any of the equations in this chapter, which would have been useful to the reader. <p> The chapter on quasispecies is the most interesting one in the book, as the authors not only give a rudimentary definition of quasispecies, but they also give an indication of their complexity. Disappointingly, they mention the idea of mutation rates and their connection with chaos and self-organized criticality, but do not elaborate on this at all. <p> The Bonhoeffer's laws of anti-viral treatment are discussed in the next chapter and the authors show how to derive them using the basic model. The emergence of resistance during drug treatment is modeled by parameters which reflect the replication rates of the virus, but these parameters are again not connected with any underlying microscopic properties of the virus. <p> Some interesting dynamical behavior occurs for the case of multiple epitopes where the existence of quasiperiodic oscillations is shown to occur. They authors refer to this as "unpredictable" but they do not define this term in the book. The existence of quasiperiodic orbits in a dynamical system does not by itself make the system "unpredictable" or random of some sort. <p> This book is a very addition to the literature, and most importantly, it emphasizes the role of validating mathematical models experimentally, which takes on even greater importance given the medical ramifications of the topics in this book.
	Usmle Step 1 Lecture Notes: Microbiology / Immunology (Kaplan Medical)
	By: Louise Hawley, Mary Ruebush ISBN: B000KZX9PS Publisher: Kaplan Medical Release Date: 2004 Bioscience book rank: 583758	great summary of immunology and microbiology. <br />best way to prepare for the USMLE if you have time.
	Medical Microbiology & Immunology Examination and Board Review
	By: Warren Levinson ISBN: 0838564100 Publisher: Appleton & Lange Release Date: 27 July, 2000 Bioscience book rank: 512849	Very concise presentation, easy to read and understandable. The questions in the back are KEY- do these and you will rock this section of the boards. The best bang for your buck. Look no further. This book is good for the USLME microbiology portion. It gives essential detail of high-yield items. However, I also used:<br>Microbiology Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers<br>(ISBN: 0971999635)<br>The second book I got on Amazon.com also. I recommend the first book as a great summary to getting to the essential details of microbiology. I advise getting the second book to help prepare for the type of questions to know for the USLME. 'Medical Microbiology and Immunology: Examination and Board review' is more than a good book. The organization and contents of the book are great. Summaries of the most important microorganisms at the end of each section of the book make it excellent for quick reviewing what one has just read. Also, the book includes unique chapters like normal flora, laboratory diagnosis, and vaccines which are really helpful. The immunology section extensively provide a solit understanding of the immune mechanisms, using illustrative figures and mnemonics. Moreover, the MCQs at the end of the book, along with the clinical cases, emphasize on the important areas in medical microbiology.<p>One more thing I have to complement is the use of bold font in the book; this made skimming chapters quickly before a final microbiology exam a 'stressless' event, and gave confidence.<p>To be neutral in my review, the book lacks a good mycology section (You need another book for mycology).
	Historical Atlas of Immunology (Encyclopedia of Visual Medicine)
	By: Julius M. Cruse, Robert E. Lewis ISBN: 1842142178 Publisher: Informa Healthcare Release Date: 18 March, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 773892