Immunology & Serology in Laboratory Medicine

Description:
**Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® with "Essential Purchase" designation in Laboratory Medicine**

The extremely popular textbook Immunology and Serology in Laboratory Medicine, Eighth Edition provides the foundation you need to master the relevant competencies demanded in today’s clinical laboratory. Immunology and Serology helps you gain the knowledge required by medical laboratory technician (MLT) and medical laboratory scientist (MLS) students to achieve excellent scores on national board certification upon graduation and to display entry-level professional competencies for career success. Featuring a straightforward presentation, each chapter in this edition presents state-of-the-art content in subject areas such as Molecular Diagnostics. A problem-based case study approach that stimulates critical thinking makes it easier to integrate the concepts of theory with laboratory procedures that generate diagnostic information in cases of infectious diseases, immune disorders, tumor immunology, and tissue transplantation. Immunology and Serology is a distinctly unique textbook because the author recognizes the importance of robust professional knowledge and the practice guidelines developed by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Board of Certification Examination Immunology Content Outlines for MLT and MLS certification levels and the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) Professional Body of Knowledge.

Features:

• NEW! Updated content includes the most current information related to infectious and immunological diseases, diagnostic testing methods, and vaccines
• Clinical case studies include etiology, pathophysiology, laboratory findings, and critical thinking questions, allowing you to apply your knowledge of concepts and procedures
• Visual learning features make studying easier with algorithms, illustrations, photographs, and summary boxes
• Key Concepts are interwoven throughout each chapter, highlighting the most important facts
• Content correlation between lecture and reading, diagnostic laboratory procedures, and case studies allows for easy reference
• Learning objectives and key terms open each chapter, providing measurable outcomes and a framework for organizing your study efforts
• More than 650 end-of-chapter, multiple-choice questions provide opportunities for review and self-assessment
• Laboratory procedures on the Evolve website and in the digital help you apply immunology and serology theory to clinical laboratory practice

Table Of Contents:

PART I: Basic Immunologic Mechanisms

1. Foundations of Innate and Adaptive Immune Systems

2. Soluble Mediators of the Immune System

3. Antigens and Antibodies

4. Cellular Activities and Clinical Disorders of Innate and Adaptive Immunity
PART II: The Theory of Immunologic and Serologic Procedures

5. Basic Safety in the Immunology-Serology Laboratory

6. Basic Quality Control and Quality Assurance Practices

7. Basic Serologic Laboratory: Techniques and Clinical Applications

8. Precipitation and Particle Agglutination Methods

9. Electrophoresis Techniques and Chromatography

10. Labeling Techniques in Immunoassay

11. Flow Cytometry

12. Molecular Laboratory Techniques
PART III: Immunologic Manifestations of Infectious Diseases

13. Infectious Diseases: Overview and TORCH Diseases

14. Streptococcal Infections

15. Syphilis

16. Vector-Borne Diseases

17. Infectious Mononucleosis

18. Viral Hepatitis
PART IV: Immune Disorders

19. Primary and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndromes

20. Hypersensitivity Reactions

21. Plasma Cell Neoplasms and Other Diseases With Paraproteins

22. Tolerance, Autoimmunity, and Autoimmune Disorders

23. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

24. Rheumatoid Arthritis
PART V: Transplantation and Tumor Immunology

25. Transplantation: Human Leukocyte Antigens, Solid Organ, Tissues, and Hematopoietic Stem Cells

26. Tumor Immunology and Applications of Massive Parallel Sequencing/Next-Generation Sequencing
PART VI: Vaccines

27. Vaccines: Development and Applications

Appendix A: Answers to Case Study Multiple-Choice Questions
Appendix B: Answers to Review Questions
Appendix C: Origin and Immunoregulatory Activity of Cytokines
Appendix D: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Appendix E: Vaccines Licensed for Use in the United States by the Federal Drug Administration
Bibliography
Glossary
Index