Bacterial Vaccines - Hardcover

by John B. Robbins M. D. (Editor), Rachel Schneerson M. D. (Editor), David Klein M. D. (Editor)

Vaccines represent the greatest achievements of one area of science for increasing our health and well-being. This collection of papers represents the latest advances in bacterial vaccine research. The papers presented at this symposium illustrate the increasing potential and need for continuing research into disease pathogenesis, host resistance mechanisms, and vaccine development. Further, the study of bacterial vaccines provides an important method for characterizing pathogenic mechanisms and natural and induced host resistance mechanisms.

Author Biography

JOHN B. ROBBINS is Chief of the Laboratory of Developmental and Molecular Immunity at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institute of Health.