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Host Factors in the Response to Immunization

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Aside from the scientific concepts that arouse interest for their own sake in the factors that determine the character and magnitude of the response to immunization, the subject has many self-evident practical applications. Until recently, problems raised by the limitations in the response to immunization have generally been side-stepped by simple empirical solutions such as injecting more antigen per dose, or giving more injections. However, this approach is frustrating, not only because it is empirical (and not always rational), but also because it requires money, personnel and logistic facilities that can be provided, as a rule, only in the affluent countries. For the developing countries there is a real need for more simplified immunization schedules; and it is largely with this objective in mind that our more recent studies on the factors affecting the immune response have been carried out.

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    Geoffrey Edsall M.D.

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    Mark A. Belsey M.D.

  3. Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, La., USA

    Mark A. Belsey M.D. & Dorothy R. LeBlanc M.P.H.

  4. State Laboratory Institute, Boston, Mass., 02130, USA

    Geoffrey Edsall M.D. & Leo Levine

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Edsall, G., Belsey, M.A., LeBlanc, D.R., Levine, L. (1975). Host Factors in the Response to Immunization. In: Jucker, E. (eds) Progress in Drug Research / Fortschritte der Arzneimittelforschung / Progrès des recherches pharmaceutiques. Progress in Drug Research / Fortschritte der Arzneimittelforschung / Progrès des recherches pharmaceutiques, vol 19. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7090-0_30

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