Vaccines and the Immune Response
Jan
29
2013
Presented by Aimee Pugh-Bernard, PhD, Immunologist, Senior Instructor of Biology, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Colorado at Denver
This presentation addresses:
- Innate and adaptive immunity
- Passive and active immunity
- Antigens and the capacity of the immune system
- Case studies of the immune response to four different vaccines
- A review of herd immunity
- The efficacy of vaccination compared to the risks of non-vaccination
