Contents
Ch. 1. Innate immunity -- Ch. 2. Specific acquired immunity -- Ch. 3. Antibodies -- Ch. 4. Membrane receptors for antigen -- Ch. 5. The primary interaction with antigen -- Ch. 6. Immunochemical techniques -- Ch. 7. Cellular techniques -- Ch. 8. The anatomy of the immune response -- Ch. 9. Lymphocyte activation -- Ch. 10. The production of effectors -- Ch. 11. Control mechanisms -- Ch. 12. Ontogeny and phylogeny -- Ch. 13. Adversarial strategies during infection -- Ch. 14. Prophylaxis -- Ch. 15. Immunodeficiency -- Ch. 16. Hypersensitivity -- Ch. 17. Transplantation -- Ch. 18. Tumor immunology -- Ch. 19. Autoimmune diseases 1 -- scope and etiology -- Ch. 20. Autoimmune diseases 2 -- pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment.

Abstract
Roitt's Essential Immunology clearly outdistances other textbooks in the area by its scope, its organisation, its clarity and its ability to convey a carefully balanced and up-to-date view of immunology.