Infection & Immunity - Playfair, John (Emeritus Professor of Immunology, University College London Medical School) a Bancroft, Gregory (Department of Immunology and Infection, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

Gives a perfectly balanced overview of the field, describing the key infectious agents our bodies encounter and how our immune system responds to them. It also explains how diseases are spread and what measures we can take to control this spread, from vaccination to increasing public awareness.