Concepts in Vaccine Development / / ed. by Stefan H. E. Kaufmann.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Medicine and Life Sciences 1990 - 1999
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]
©1996
Year of Publication:2012
Edition:Reprint 2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (583 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Bicentennial of the first vaccination by Edward Jenner
  • Contents
  • 1. The Need for New Vaccines
  • 1.1. Vaccines as Evolutionary Tools: The Virulence-Antigen Strategy
  • 1.2. Economic Perspectives on Vaccine Needs
  • 1.3. Future Immunization Strategies – Considerations from the Public Health View
  • 1.4. The New Pertussis Vaccines
  • 2. General Principles of Immunology
  • 2.1. Basic Principles of Immunity Against Intracellular Bacteria and Protozoa
  • 2.2. Viral Immunity and Vaccine Strategies
  • 2.3. Broadly Reactive HLA Restricted Τ Cell Epitopes and Their Implications for Vaccine Design
  • 2.4. Quantitative Considerations in the Design of Vaccination Strategies Against Pathogens Uniquely Susceptible to Cell-Mediated Attack
  • 2.5. The Impact of the Type 1 and Type 2 Τ Helper Cell Concept on Novel Vaccine Design with Emphasis on Protection Against Leishmania Parasites
  • 3. General Principles of Vaccinology
  • 3.1. Modern Adjuvants. Functional Aspects
  • 3.2. Biodegradable Microspheres as Vehicles for Antigens
  • 3.3. Peptide Based Vaccines
  • 3.4. Recombinant Bacteria as Vaccine Carriers of Heterologous Antigens
  • 3.5. Genetic Detoxification of Bacterial Toxins
  • 3.6. Recombinant Virus as Vaccination Carrier of Heterologous Antigens
  • 3.7. Naked DNA Vaccination
  • 3.8. Oral Vaccination, Mucosal Immunity and Oral Tolerance with Special Reference to Cholera Toxin
  • 4. Specific Vaccination Strategies
  • 4.1. Helicobacter pylori: Pathogenic Determinants and Strategies for Vaccine Design
  • 4.2. Malaria Vaccination
  • 4.3. Vaccination Against Schistosomiasis: Concepts and Strategies
  • 4.4. AIDS Vaccination
  • 4.5. Vaccination Therapy Against Autoimmune Diseases
  • Contributors
  • Index