Immunology / Allergy Textbooks

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NLM Call Number Classification: QW

Adkinson: Middleton's Allergy, 7th ed.; 2008. --- MDConsult

Asthma Management Handbook 2006
Not a textbook, rather a guide for the practicing clinician and pharmacist to assist in the management of people with asthma. Adobe Acrobat Reader required.  To search for specific information within the handbook, click here!

Essentials of Clinical Immunology / Andy C. Reese and William K. Dolen. The Medical College of Georgia provides a comprehensive, but manageable, update on the general field incorporating animations and links to related material via hypertext.

Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma / prepared by the National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI); 2007.

Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergy in the United States: Report of the NIAID-Sponsored Expert Panel; 2010.
Developed over a two year period, these 2010 guidelines can be viewed as a PDF.

Immunization Safety Review: Influenza Vaccines and Neurological Complications / Kathleen Stratton, Donna A. Alamario, Theresa Wizemann, and Marie C. McCormick, editors; Immunization Safety Review Committee, National Academy Press, c2004.
This publication explores the theoretical hypothesis that influenza vaccines increase the risk for neurological problems.

Immunization Safety Review: Multiple Immunizations and Immune Dysfunction / Kathleen Stratton, Christopher B. Wilson and Marie C. McCormick, editors; National Academy Press, c2002.
By the age of two, healthy infants in the United States may have received 20 vaccinations to protect against 11 diseases. This publication explores the theory and the hypothesis that multiple immunizations increase the risk for immune dysfunction.

Immunobiology : The Immune System in Health and Disease / Charles A. Janeway, Jr. ... [et al.].-- 5th ed. 2001.
The main focus of this book is on the diverse mechanisms of adaptive immunity, whereby specialized classes of lymphocytes recognize and target pathogenic microorganisms or the cells infected with them. To view the content of this book, initiate a search query using the Search box found next to the Table of Contents.

Microbiology and Immunology On-line
From the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine provides this online textbook with illustrations. Each of the chapter's contents can be searched by clicking here or simply choose a chapter and format from which to view them. Your choices are either the Adobe Acrobat format or as a PowerPoint presentation.