Vaccines
Author:   P. Perlman (Stockholm University, Sweden) ,  H. Wigzell (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Edition:   illustrated edition
Volume:   Vol 133
ISBN:  

9783540647409


Pages:   559
Publication Date:   26 November 1998
Format:   Hardback
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Vaccines


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A presentation of basic understanding on how the immune system functions during infections and vaccinations. Methodological advances in vaccine technology such as nucleic acid vaccines are described and a broad coverage of the vaccine situation against all major infectious diseases is given including both history, present state and future possibilities. The book also contains a series of articles of vaccines against non-infectious diseases or conditions in man. The present situation with regard to human anti-pregnancy vaccines is summarized. The front lines of cancer vaccines are described and various approaches to ameliorate or eliminate autoimmune diseases by vaccinations are discussed. Finally, approaches to eliminate IgE-mediated allergies are presented.

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Author:   P. Perlman (Stockholm University, Sweden) ,  H. Wigzell (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   illustrated edition
Volume:   Vol 133
Weight:   0.900kg
ISBN:  

9783540647409


ISBN 10:   3540647406
Pages:   559
Publication Date:   26 November 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

Table of Contents

Bacterial vaccines, past, present and future; immunology of infection; DNA vaccines; antigen presentation systems, immunomodulators and immune responses to vaccines; vaccines against measles, mumps, rubella and varicells; hepatitis and polio vaccines; herpes; toxin-based vaccines; outer membrane protein vaccines; carbohydrate-based bacterial vaccines; mycobacteria; vaccines against diarrheal diseases; sexually transmitted diseases; HIV vaccines; an overview of malaria vaccine development efforts; antifertility vaccines; cancer vaccines; prevention of autoimmunity; vaccines against allergies.

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