Vaccination pattern affects immunological response

P.G. Etchegoin

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2005, vol. 354, issue C, 393-403

Abstract: The response of the immune system to different vaccination patterns is studied with a simple model. It is argued that the history and characteristics of the pattern defines very different secondary immune responses in the case of infection. The memory function of the immune response can be set to work in very different modes depending on the pattern followed during immunizations. It is argued that the history and pattern of immunizations can be a decisive (and experimentally accessible) factor to tailor the effectiveness of a specific vaccine.

Keywords: Cellular automata; Theoretical immunology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2005.02.041

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