immunosenescence 275
immunosuppressive medications
275–276
immunosuppressive therapy
276
inflammation 277
innate immunity 277–278
interferons 278
interleukins 278
leukemia 146
leukocyte 119, 148
leukotrienes 279
lymph 120
lymphokines 280–281
MAbs 283
macrophage 282
mast cell 283
measles 343
monokines 283
multiple myeloma 157
NALT 288
necrotizing fasciitis 346
NK cell 286
normal flora 346
phagocyte 162
phagocytosis 162
prostaglandins 289–290
psychoneuroimmunology 290
rheumatoid arthritis 291
SALT 295
spleen 167
splenectomy 168
T-cell lymphocyte 296
thymectomy 172
thymus 120–121, 172
toxic shock syndrome 357
tuberculosis 359
vaccine 298
immune system 273
abscess 306
aging, effects on immune
response 239
allergic dermatitis 241
allergy 243
antibody 245
bacteria 312
BALT 251
cancer 364
cancer treatment options and
decisions 372
diet and cancer 378
Epstein-Barr virus 323
food allergies 260
gammaglobulin 263
HIV/AIDS 334
HLAs 267–268
HPV 336
immunization 338
immunoglobulin 275
immunotherapy 276–277
incubation period 338
infection 338
lifestyle and cancer 382
macrophage 282
measles 343
mononuclear phagocyte system
283–284
psychoneuroimmunology 290
silicosis 230
virus 362
immune system and allergies
235–302
immunity 273–274
active immunity 239
adenovirus 306
antibody-mediated immunity
246
gammaglobulin 263
innate immunity 277–278
mononucleosis, infectious 345
mumps 345
passive immunity 289
syphilis 356
toxoplasmosis 358
immunization 338
chickenpox 316
diphtheria 322
infectious diseases 304
influenza 338
measles 343
pertussis 348
rubella 351
immunoablation 254, 274,276,
294
immunocompromised 274
adenovirus 306
babesiosis 311
candidiasis 315
chickenpox 316
CMV 320
coccidioidomycosis 318
cryptococcosis 319, 320
cryptosporidiosis 320
encephalitis 324
histoplasmosis 333
listeriosis 341
meningitis 344
necrotizing fasciitis 346
opportunistic infections 347
pneumococcal pneumonia 349
pneumonia 221
salmonellosis 352shigellosis 353
toxoplasmosis 357, 358
vaccine 298
immunodeficiency 213, 236–237,
255, 274–275, 294
immunoglobulin 275
blood 127
gammaglobulin 263
immune system 236
Kawasaki disease 71
measles 343
MHC 282
multiple myeloma 159
rabies 350
immunoglobulin A (IgA) 251,
275
immunoglobulin E (IgE)
allergic rhinitis 242
allergy testing 244
antibody 245
gammaglobulin 263
histamine 267
immunoglobulin 275
inflammation 277
leukotrienes 279
mast cell 283
immunoglobulin E (IgE)
hypersensitivity reaction. Seetype
I hypersensitivity reaction
immunoglobulin G (IgG) 255, 268,
269, 275
immunoglobulin M (IgM) 254,
268, 269, 275
immunosenescence 275
immunosuppression 63, 214
immunosuppressive medications
275–276
immunosuppressive therapy 276
aspergillosis 185
autoimmune disorders 249
bone marrow transplantation
133
CMV 320
coccidioidomycosis 318
Epstein-Barr virus 324
graft vs.host disease 264
heart transplantation 63
HLAs 267
immunocompromised 274
immunodeficiency 274
influenza 339
lung transplantation 213
opportunistic infections 347
reticulocyte 165
SCID 294
toxoplasmosis 357Index 417