In this sixth edition the authors continue to emphasize the immune system of humans and the immunologic basis of human disease. The bibliographies are still rather extensive but have the added intent of providing a pathway to ?finding the right additional information.? Many authors are new and the emphasis in some chapters has changed as might be expected in a fast-moving field such as immunology. Overall, however, this edition is similar to the previous one in content and emphasis. They faced an issue in this edition of how to handle infectious diseases in which, in most cases, the immune system was just doing ?its thing.? The major question in infectious diseases for the immunologist is to understand its limitations and compromises in an agent related fashion and to understand how infection contributes to the development of immunologic diseases. Consequently, they have included overviews of how the immune system deals with microbes rather than, in most cases, discussing each disease entity separately.


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