Allergy and Immunity to Helminths

This provides state-of-the-art reviews of the common features of both immune and inflammatory responses in both allergy and immunity to helminthic infections. It covers common areas of allergic and helminthic disease which hitherto have not been examined in detail and presented in one volume. The referenced articles and illustrations can be used for teaching purposes. "Allergy and Immunity to Helminths" covers a interdisciplinary area of medical science and attempts to review major aspects of the possible phylogenic (evolutionary) relationship between the ability of the host to mount a protective immune response against helminthic infections and the development of the atopic allergic state. The book aims to provide a better understanding of the purpose and function of the mucosal immune responses during inflammatory reactions associated with both conditions. It also provides researchers in both fields with current perspectives, experience and advances in their respective fields which should contribute towards opening new vistas of research into basic mechanisms as well as treatment. It is aimed at immunologists, allergologists and asthma specialists, parasitologists, geneticists, epidemiologists, and other researchers with an interest in immunoparasitology, the immune response to parasites (especially helminths), the allergic state, allergic disease and inflammation, and mediators of the immune response.