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 people's life expectancy. Post-vaccination immunity has two unique properties: specificity and immunological memory. Thanks to this, it creates a strong and long-lasting protection against infections. The book is devoted to the immunological foundations of the prevention of infectious diseases and is an attempt to outline the patterns of development of the vaccine process from the standpoint of immunology. Particular attention is paid to the development mechanisms of post-vaccination immunity, its correction and individualization (personalization). The book describes the general mechanisms of the development of immunity and the features of its formation with the introduction of certain types of vaccines.

For researchers, students, practitioners, immunologists, allergists, epidemiologists, infectious disease specialists and for anyone interested in development, testing , control and use of immunobiological preparations.