Encyclopedia of Medical Immunology. Vol.4

Professor Ian Mackay is an Honorary Professional Research Fellow of Monash University, Australia, and member of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

In a career spanning over six decades, with over 700 publications, Professor Mackay has gained international recognition as a pioneer in the area of autoimmunity; with his research contributing to the development of immunosuppressive treatment for autoimmune diseases.

In recognition of his service to medical research, Prof. Mackay was included in the 1981 Australia Day Honours list and was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia. In 2001 he was awarded the Centenary Medal for service to Australian society and science in biochemistry and molecular biology.

Dr. Rose is the Director of Center for Autoimmune Disease Research and a Professor in the Department of Pathology (with joint appointment in Department of Medicine), the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a Professor in the W. Henry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Rose also served as the Chairman of the Autoimmune Diseases Coordinating Committee of the National Institutes of Health and a principal advisor to the former U.S. NIH Director Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni. He was the Chairman of the W. Henry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology of the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health for more than a decade.

Dr. Rose's pioneering studies on autoimmune thyroiditis and myocarditis helped to initiate the modern era of research on autoimmune diseases. Dr. Rose and his colleagues have continued to contribute to our understanding of autoimmunity, including the first demonstration of the genetic factors responsible for predisposition to autoimmune disease in animals and more recent investigations on the influence of infection and environmental agents in the initiation of
autoimmune disease in genetically predisposed animals.

Offering a broad appeal to microbiologists, immunologists, and infectious disease specialists, the volume provides current and future prospects of vaccines for all autoimmune, tropical, and infectious diseases. Emphasis is placed on genetics, physiology, metabolism, pathogenesis, and applied microbiology. Under the leadership of some of the most world renowned names in the field, the encyclopedia brings together an outstanding collection of contributions by top scientists in a variety of fields.

The entries are listed alphabetically and provide full references.

The volume on Vaccines includes:

- A list of the vaccines currently available and the companies that manufacture them

- Molecular Immunology of the Vaccine

- Type of Immunity involved in protection

- Mode of Vaccination for each vaccine; repeated boosters and length of immunological memory

- Commercial production of vaccines

- Storage of vaccines

- Standardization and Control of Vaccines

- WHO programs and World-Wide Disease Eradication Programs based upon Vaccines

Focusing on the vaccines for all the diseases covered in the previous volumes, this is the fourth part of Springer's Encyclopedia of Medical Immunology. It has entries on everything from the molecular immunology of each vaccine to their industrial production.

Title is also available as part of a set: Encyclopedia of Medical Immunology (978-1-4614-9198-9)