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Meningococcal Vaccines: Methods and Protocols (Methods in by Andrew J. Pollard, Martin C.J. Maiden

By Andrew J. Pollard, Martin C.J. Maiden

Andrew Pollard and Martin Maiden have assembled a magnificent choice of the most recent molecular and mobile strategies for the advance, assessment, and implementation of vaccines for use in contrast dreaded disorder. The contributors-leading scientists, clinicians, and public future health physicians-describe intimately the numerous techniques to vaccine layout, in addition to the evaluation of immune reaction to vaccine applicants and novel vaccine formulations. well timed and finished, Meningococcal Vaccines: tools and Protocols presents the scientist, public future health health care professional, epidemiologist, medical microbiologist, and clinician with the fundamental instruments to put naked the secrets and techniques of the meningococcus, and to increase, review, and enforce winning new meningococcal vaccines.

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