Handbook of Tuberculosis

Prof. Dr. Stefan H.E. Kaufmann is Founding Director of the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin. He has published more than 600 scientific articles and is member of numerous scientific societies and committees e.g. current President of the European Federation of Immunological Societies, and Chair of the Immunology division of the American Society of Microbiology. He has won numerous prestigious awards including the Scientific Prize of Smith Kline Beecham and the Pettenkofer Prize. Warwick Britton is Professor of Medicine at the University of Sydney, Australia. He serves as Chairman of the State Committee for the Australian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy.

Immunity to M. tuberculosis and BCG: Introduction
Recognition Receptors and Phagocytosis for M. tuberculosis
Transcriptional Response of Macrophages and Dendritic Cells to M. tuberculosis
Dendritic Cells and Antigen Presentation
Killing Mechanisms of the Host Against M. tuberculosis
Manipulation of the Macrophage Response
Conventional T Cells and their Antigenic Repertoire
Unconventional T Cells
Cytokines in Tuberculosis
Antibodies in Tuberculosis
Pathology
Maintenance of Latent Infection with Correlates of Protective Immunity
Genetics of Resistance (mouse and man)
HIV/TB Interactions
Novel Vaccination Strategies Against Tuberculosis
Experimental Animal Models of Tuberculosis

As with the other volumes in this series, this will become a reference for anyone interested in the immunology and cell biology of M. tuberculosis, regardless of their experience with these subjects. ( Doody s , July 2008)