Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-290) and index.
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Immune systems and systems biology -- Contemporary challenges to the immune system -- Sequence analysis in immunology -- Methods applied in immunological bioinformatics -- DNA microarrays in immunology -- Prediction of cytotoxic T cell (MHC class I) epitopes -- Antigen processing in the MHC class I pathway -- Prediction of helper T cell (MHC class II) epitopes -- Processing of MHC class II epitopes -- B cell epitopes -- Vaccine design -- Web-based tools for vaccine design -- MHC polymorphism -- Predicting immunogenicity : an integrative approach