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Debemos un agradecimiento especial a las personas que ofrecieron ideas perspicaces, que proporcionaron revisiones detalladas que llevaron a mejorías importantes, y que proporcionaron el apoyo para hacer posible la escritura de este libro. Estos colaboradores notables incluyen al Dr. Stephen Emerson, Dr. David Allman, Dra. Susan Saidman, Dr. Nan Wang, Nicole Cunningham y los muchos estudiantes de pregrado que proporcionaron inestimables perspectivas de estudiantes a nuestros capítulos. Esperamos que el producto final refleje la alta calidad de las aportaciones de estos expertos y colegas, y de todos los listados a continuación que proporcionaron análisis y guía cruciales.
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También agradecemos a los autores previos de inmunología de Kuby, cuyos valiosos esfuerzos ahora apreciamos aún más profundamente. Su compromiso para la claridad, para proporcionar el material más actualizado en una disciplina que avanza con rapidez, y para mantener el enfoque experimental de las exposiciones establecieron el estándar que es la base para lo mejor de este libro.
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También reconocemos que este libro representa el trabajo no sólo de sus autores y editores, sino también de todos aquellos cuyos experimentos y escritos nos proporcionaron ideas, inspiración e información. Agradecemos a ustedes y recalcamos que todos los errores e inconsistencias de interpretación son sólo nuestros.
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Agradecemos a los revisores que siguen por sus comentarios y sugerencias acerca del manuscrito durante la preparación de esta séptima edición. Su experiencia y conocimientos han contribuido mucho al libro.
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Lawrence R. Aaronson, Utica College
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Jeffrey K. Actor, University of Texas Medical School at Houston
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Richard Adler, University of Michigan-Dearborn
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Emily Agard, York University, North York
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Karthik Aghoram, Meredith College
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Rita Wearren Alisauskas, Rutgers University
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John Allsteadt, Virginia Intermont College
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Gaylene Altman, University of Washington
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Angelika Antoni, Kutztown University
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Jorge N. Artaza, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
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Patricia S. Astry, SUNY Fredonia
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Roberta Attanasio, Georgia State University
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Elizabeth Auger, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine
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Avery August, Penn State University
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Rajeev Aurora, Saint Louis University Hospital
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Christine A. Bacon, Bay Path College
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Jason C. Baker, Missouri Western State College
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Kenneth Balazovich, University of Michigan-Dearborn
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Jennifer L. Bankers-Fulbright, Augsburg College
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Amorette Barber, Longwood University
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Brianne Barker, Hamilton College
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Scott R. Barnum, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Laura Baugh, University of Dallas
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Marlee B. Marsh, Columbia College
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Rachel Venn Beecham, Mississippi Valley State University
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Fabian Benencia, Ohio University Main Campus
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Charlie Garnett Benson, Georgia State University
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Daniel Bergey, Black Hills State University
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Carolyn A. Bergman, Georgian Court College
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Elke Bergmann-Leitner, WRAIR/Uniformed Services University of Health Services
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Brian P. Bergstrom, Muskingum College
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Susan Bjerke, Washburn University of Topeka
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Earl F. Bloch, Howard University
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Elliott J. Blumenthal, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
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Kathleen Bode, Flint Hills Technical College
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Dennis Bogyo, Valdosta State University
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Mark Bolyard, Union University
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Lisa Borghesi, University of Pittsburgh
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Phyllis C. Braun, Fairfield University
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Jay H. Bream, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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Heather A. Bruns, Ball State University
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Walter J. Bruyninckx, Hanover College
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Eric L. Buckles, Dillard University
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Sandra H. Burnett, Brigham Young University
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Peter Burrows, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Ralph Butkowski, Augsburg College
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Jean A. Cardinale, Alfred University
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Edward A. Chaperon, Creighton University
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Stephen K. Chapes, Kansas State University
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Christopher Chase, South Dakota State University
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Thomas Chiles, Boston College
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Harold Chittum, Pikeville College
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Peter A. Chung, Pittsburg State University
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Felicia L. Cianciarulo, Carlow University
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Bret A. Clark, Newberry College
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Patricia A. Compagnone-Post, Albertus Magnus College
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Yasemin Kaya Congleton, Bluegrass Community and Technical College
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Vincent A. Connors, University of South Carolina-Spartanburg
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Conway-Klaassen, University of Minnesota
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Lisa Cuchara, Quinnipiac University
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Tanya R. Da Sylva, York University, North York
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Kelley L. Davis, Nova Southeastern University
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Jeffrey Dawson, Duke University
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Joseph DeMasi, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Allied Health
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Stephanie E. Dew, Centre College
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Joyce E. S. Doan, Bethel University
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Diane Dorsett, Georgia Gwinnett College
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James R. Drake, Albany Medical College
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Erastus C. Dudley, Huntingdon College
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Jeannine M. Durdik, University of Arkansas Fayetteville
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Karen M. Duus, Albany Medical College
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Christina K. Eddy, North Greenville University
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Anthony Ejiofor, Tennessee State University
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Jennifer Ellington, Belmont Abbey College
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Samantha L. Elliott, Saint Mary’s College of Maryland
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Lehman L. Ellis, Our Lady of Holy Cross College
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Sherine F. Elsawa, Northern Illinois University
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Uthayashanker Ezekiel, Saint Louis University Medical Center
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Diana L. Fagan, Youngstown State University
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Rebecca V. Ferrell, Metropolitan State College of Denver
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Ken Field, Bucknell University
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Krista Fischer-Stenger, University of Richmond
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Howard B. Fleit, SUNY at Stony Brook
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Sherry D. Fleming, Kansas State University
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Marie-dominique Franco, Regis University
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Joel Gaikwad, Oral Roberts University
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D. L. Gibson, University of British Columbia-Okanagan
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Laura Glasscock, Winthrop University
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David Glick, Kings College
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Elizabeth Godrick, Boston University
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Karen Golemboski, Bellarmine University
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Sandra O. Gollnick, SUNY Buffalo
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James F. Graves, University of Detroit-Mercy
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Demetrius Peter Gravis, Beloit College
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Anjali D. Gray, Lourdes University
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Valery Z. Grdzelishvili, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
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Carla Guthridge, Cameron University
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David J. Hall, Lawrence University
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Sandra K. Halonen, Montana State University
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Michael C. Hanna, Texas A & M-Commerce
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Kristian M. Hargadon, Hampden-Sydney College
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JL Henriksen, Bellevue University
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Michelle L. Herdman, University of Charleston
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Jennifer L. Hess, Aquinas College
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Edward M. Hoffmann, University of Florida
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Kristin Hogquist, University of Minnesota
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Jane E. Huffman, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
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Lisa A. Humphries, University of California, Los Angeles
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Judith Humphries, Lawrence University
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Mo Hunsen, Kenyon College
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Vijaya Iragavarapu-Charyulu, Florida Atlantic University
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Vida R. Irani, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
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Christopher D. Jarvis, Hampshire College
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Eleanor Jator, Austin Peay State University
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Stephen R. Jennings, Drexel University College of Medicine
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Robert Jonas, Texas Lutheran University
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Vandana Kalia, Penn State University-Main Campus
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Azad K. Kaushik, University of Guelph
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George Keller, Samford University
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Kevin S. Kinney, De Pauw University
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Edward C. Kisailus, Canisius College
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David J. Kittlesen, University of Virginia
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Dennis J. Kitz, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
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Janet Kluftinger, University of British Columbia-Okanagan
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Rolf König, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
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Kristine Krafts, University of Minnesota-Duluth
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Ruhul Kuddus, Utah Valley University
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Narendra Kumar, Texas A&M Health Science Center
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N. M. Kumbaraci, Stevens Institute of Technology
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Jesse J. Kwiek, The Ohio State University Main Camp
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John M. Lammert, Gustavus Aldolphus College
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Courtney Lappas, Lebanon Valley College
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Christopher S. Lassiter, Roanoke College
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Jennifer Kraft Leavey, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Melanie J. Lee-Brown, Guilford College
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Vicky M. Lentz, SUNY College at Oneonta
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Joseph Lin, Sonoma State University
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Joshua Loomis, Nova Southeastern University
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Jennifer Louten, Southern Polytechnic State University
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Jon H. Lowrance, Lipscomb University
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Milson J. Luce, West Virginia University Institute of Technology
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Phillip J. Lucido, Northwest Missouri State University
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M.E. MacKay, Thompson Rivers University
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Andrew P. Makrigiannis, University of Ottawa
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Greg Maniero, Stonehill College
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David Markwardt, Ohio Wesleyan University
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John Martinko, Southern Illinois University
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Andrea M. Mastro, Penn State University-Main Campus
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Ann H. McDonald, Concordia University
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Lisa N. McKernan, Chestnut Hill College
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Catherine S. McVay, Auburn University
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Daniel Meer, Cardinal Stritch University
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JoAnn Meerschaert, Saint Cloud State University
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Brian J. Merkel, University Wisconsin-Green Bay
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Jiri Mestecky, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Dennis W. Metzger, Albany Medical College
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Jennifer A. Metzler, Ball State University
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John A. Meyers, Boston University Medical School
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Yuko J. Miyamoto, Elon College
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Jody M. Modarelli, Hiram College
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Devonna Sue Morra, Saint Francis University
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Annette Muckerheide, College of Mount Saint Joseph
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Sue Mungre, Northeastern Illinois University
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Kari L. Murad, College of Saint Rose
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Karen Grandel Nakaoka, Weber State University
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Rajkumar Nathaniel, Nicholls State University
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David Nemazee, University of California, San Diego
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Hamida Rahim Nusrat, San Francisco State University
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Tracy O’Connor, Mount Royal College
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Marcos Oliveira, University of the Incarnate Word
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Donald Ourth, University of Memphis
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Deborah Palliser, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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Shawn Phippen, Valdosta State University
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Melinda J. Pomeroy-Black, La Grange College
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Edith Porter, California State University, Los Angeles
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Michael F. Princiotta, SUNY Upstate Medical University
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Gerry A Prody, Western Washington University
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Robyn A. Puffenbarger, Bridgewater College
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Aimee Pugh-Bernard, University of Colorado at Denver
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Pattle Pun, Wheaton College
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Sheila Reilly, Belmont Abbey College
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Karen A. Reiner, Andrews University
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Margaret Reinhart, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
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Stephanie Richards, Bates College
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Sarah M. Richart, Azusa Pacific University
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James E. Riggs, Rider University
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Vanessa Rivera-Amill, Ponce School of Medicine
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Katherine Robertson, Westminster College
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James L. Rooney, Lincoln University
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Robin S. Salter, Oberlin College
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Sophia Sarafova, Davidson College
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Surojit Sarkar, Penn State University-Main Campus
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Perry M. Scanlan, Austin Peay State University
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Ralph Seelke, University Wisconsin-Superior
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Diane L. Sewell, University Wisconsin-La Crosse
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Anding Shen, Calvin College
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Penny Shockett, Southeastern Louisiana University
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Michael Sikes, North Carolina State University
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Maryanne C. Simurda, Washington and Lee University
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Paul K. Small, Eureka College
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Jonathan Snow, Williams College
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Ralph A. Sorensen, Gettysburg College
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Andrew W. Stadnyk, Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine
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Douglas A. Steeber, University Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Viktor Steimle, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke
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Douglas J. Stemke, University of Indianapolis
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Carolyn R. Stenbak, Seattle University
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Jennifer Ripley Stueckle, West Virginia University
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Kathleen Sullivan, Louisiana Technical College Alexandria
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Susmit Suvas, Oakland University
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Gabor Szalai, University of South Carolina
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Seetha M Tamma, Long Island University-C.W. Post
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Matthew J. Temple, Nazareth College
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Kent R. Thomas, Wichita State University
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Diane G. Tice, SUNY Morrisville
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Sara Sybesma Tolsma, Northwestern College
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Clara Tóth, Saint Thomas Aquinas College
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Bebhinn Treanor, University of Toronto Scarborough
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Allen W. Tsang, Bowman Gray Medical School
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Amar S. Tung, Lincoln University
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Lloyd Turtinen, University Wisconsin-Eau Claire
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Timothy M VanWagoner, Oklahoma Christian/ University of Oklahoma HSC
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Evros Vassiliou, Kean University
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Vishwanath Venketaraman, Western University of Health Sciences
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Kathleen Verville, Washington College
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Katherine A. Wall, University of Toledo
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Helen Walter, Mills College
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Christopher Ward, University of Alberta
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Benjamin S. Weeks, Adelphi University
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Ben B. Whitlock, University of Saint Francis
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Robert Winn, Northern Michigan University
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Candace R. Winstead, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
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Dorothy M. Wrigley, Minnesota State University
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Jodi L. Yorty, Elizabethtown College
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Sheryl Zajdowicz, Metropolitan State University of Denver
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Mary Katherine Zanin, The Citadel The Military College of South Carolina
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Gary Zieve, SUNY at Stony Brook
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Michael I. Zimmer, Purdue Calumet
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Gilbert L. Zink, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
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Patty Zwollo, College of William & Mary
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Por último, agradecemos a nuestros experimentados y talentosos colegas en W. H. Freeman and Company. Un agradecimiento particular a los miembros del equipo de producción Philip McCaffrey, Sherrill Redd, Heath Lynn Silberfeld, Diana Blume, Lawrence Guerra, Janice Donnola, Christine Buese y Elyse Reider. También agradecemos al equipo editorial de Lauren Schultz, Susan Winslow, Allison Michael, Yassamine Ebadat e Irene Pech.
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No obstante, expresamos un agradecimiento muy especial a nuestra editora de desarrollo, Erica Champion, y a nuestra coordinadora de desarrollo, Sara Ruth Blake. Erica nos ha guiado desde el principio con una visión aguda, paciencia infinita, y gran capacidad narrativa y de expresión clara. Sara nos mantuvo organizadas y apegadas a fechas límite con determinación heroica. La participación de estos dos talentosos miembros del equipo ha hecho posible esta edición y sus ambiciosas aspiraciones.