1. The Basics of Immunology for the Non-Immunologist / Keith E. Nye -- 2. Assessment of Human Immune Response / Susanna Cunningham-Rundles -- 3. Effects of Infection on Nutritional and Immune Status / David I. Thurnham and Christine A. Northrop-Clewes -- 4. Neonatal Nutrition and Immunity / Deborah O'Neil and Denise Kelly -- 5. Nutrition and Immunity in the Elderly / John D. Bogden and Donald B. Louria -- 6. Vitamin A / Richard D. Semba -- 7. Vitamin C / Ronald Anderson -- 8. Vitamin E / Sung Nim Han and Simin Nikbin Meydani -- 9. Carotenoids / David A. Hughes -- 10. Multivitamins / Ho-Kyung Kwak and Jeffrey B. Blumberg -- 11. Iron / Gunter Weiss -- 12. Selenium / Geoffrey J. Beckett, John R. Arthur, Sue M. Miller and Roddie C. McKenzie -- 13. Zinc / Klaus-Helge Ibs and Lothar Rink -- 14. Rheumatoid Arthritis / L. Gail Darlington -- 15. Osteoporosis, Nutrition, and the Immune System / Marco Di Monaco -- 16. HIV Infection / Marianna K. Baum and Adriana Campa -- 17. Probiotics and Immunomodulation / Kay J. Rutherfurd-Markwick and Harsharnjit S. Gill -- 18. Dietary Fat, Immunity, and Cancer / Kent L. Erickson, Darshan S. Kelley and Neil E. Hubbard -- 19. Exercise, Cytokines, and Lymphocytes: Nutritional and Metabolic Aspects / Bente K. Pedersen -- 20. Military Studies and Nutritional Immunology: Undernutrition and Susceptibility to Illness / Karl E. Friedl -- 21. Air Pollution, Reactive Oxygen Species, and Allergic Bronchial Asthma: The Therapeutic Role of Antioxidants / Gennaro D'Amato -- 22. Use of Drugs that Affect Nutrition and Immune Function / Adrianne Bendich and Ronit Zilberboim