Vaccinology. Medunitsyn N.V., Katlinsky A.V., Gorllov L.O.

Infectious diseases are one of the main causes of high mortality. Prevention and treatment of infectious diseases based on immunological principles have become the main means of reducing child mortality, improving the quality of life of all age groups of the population, achieving active health and increasing the life expectancy of people. Predictive immunity has two unique properties: specificity and immunological memory. Thanks to this, it creates strong and long -term protection against infections. The book is devoted to the immunological foundations of the prevention of infectious diseases and is an attempt to state the laws of development of the vaccine process from the perspective of immunology. Particular attention is paid to issues of mechanisms for the development of post -vaccination immunity, its correction and individualization (personalization). The book describes the general mechanisms for the development of immunity and the features of its formation when the introduction of certain types of vaccines. For researchers, students, practicing doctors, immunologists, allergists, epidemiologists, infectious disease specialists and for all who are interested in the development, testing, control and use of immunobiological drugs.