Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and natural immunity / Christine Dorresteyn Stevens -- The lymphoid system / Christine Dorresteyn Stevens -- Nature of antigens and major histocompatibility complex / Christine Dorresteyn Stevens -- Antibody structure and function / Christine Dorresteyn Stevens -- Cytokines / Timothy Stegall -- Complement system / Christine Dorresteyn Stevens -- Safety and specimen preparation / Susan King Strasinger and Christine Dorresteyn Stevens -- Precipitation reactions / Christine Dorresteyn Stevens -- Agglutination / Christine Dorresteyn Stevens -- Labeled immunoassays / Christine Dorresteyn Stevens -- Molecular diagnostic techniques / Susan M. Orton -- Flow cytometry and laboratory automation / Susan M. Orton -- Hypersensitivity / Christine Dorresteyn Stevens -- Autoimmunity / Christine Dorresteyn Stevens -- Immunoproliferative diseases / Donald C. Lehman and Maureane Hoffman -- Immunodeficiency disease / Thomas S. Alexander and Maureane Hoffman -- Transplantation immunology / John L. Schmitz -- Tumor immunology / Diane L. Davis -- Serologic and molecular detection of bacterial infections / Dorothy J. Fike and Christine Dorresteyn Stevens -- Serology of parasitic and fungal infections / Patsy C. Jarreau -- Spirochete diseases / Marc Golightly, Candace Golightly, and Christine Dorresteyn Stevens -- Serology and molecular detection of viral infections / Linda E. Miller -- Laboratory diagnosis of HIV infection / Linda E. Miller.