Gaur S, Kesarwala H, Gavai M, Gupta M, Whitley-Williams P, Frenkel L D
Department of Pediatrics, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick.
Pediatr Clin North Am. 1994 Aug;41(4):745-82. doi: 10.1016/s0031-3955(16)38807-1.
Without the application of immunology, understanding of the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of infectious diseases would be severely retarded. The development new vaccines for the prevention of infectious diseases has been based on new immunologic findings. Immunodiagnostic modalities have provided for the growth of diagnostic techniques for infectious diseases. Clinical immunology also has laid the groundwork for immunotherapies using the old intravenous immunoglobulin preparations and the new monoclonal antibodies, cytokines, and interferons.
如果不应用免疫学，对传染病发病机制和病理生理学的理解将会严重滞后。预防传染病的新型疫苗的研发一直基于新的免疫学发现。免疫诊断方法推动了传染病诊断技术的发展。临床免疫学还为使用传统的静脉注射免疫球蛋白制剂以及新型单克隆抗体、细胞因子和干扰素进行免疫治疗奠定了基础。
