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Presenting recent advances in worldwide research into the prophylaxis and therapy of infectious disease, this work offers a comprehensive analysis of structure-function aspects of vaccine adjuvant research. Its primary focus is on new data on host defense machanisms and the drugs that modulate them, including some compounds never before discussed in the medical literature. Included is a general overview of current adjuvant research, plus discussions covering potential targets of immunomodulatory drugs, physiological systems not previously believed to affect immune competence, vaccine adjuvants derived from bacterial products, and synthetic adjuvants and vaccine design approaches. Also offers extensive coverage of immunomodulators of non-specific resistance which includes a comparative analysis of several compounds, a paper on Chinese medicinal materials, and a review of immunomodulators in infectious models.