Understanding Vaccines

Contents
1 Preface
1 Introduction
3 Vaccines
3 Benefits
3 Adult Immunization
4 Evaluating a Vaccine
6 Protection Against Microbes
7 The Immune System
7 Organs of the Immune System
9 How the Immune System Works
14 Naturally Acquired Immunity
15 Artificially Acquired Immunity
15 Different Types of Vaccines
16 Traditional Vaccines
18 New and Second-Generation Vaccines
20 Vaccine Development and Testing
20 Basic Research and Development
22 Clinical Studies
24 Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
25 NIAID’s Role in Basic and Clinical Research
25 The Children’s Vaccine Initiative
26 Vaccines of the Future
29 Glossary

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