Table of Contents

1. Approaches for Development of New Vaccines.- 2. Genetic Vaccination: Routes and Formulations.- 3. Intrinsic Adjuvant Properties of Plasmid DNA.- 4. Cellular Mechanisms Involved in the Immune Response Elicited by Genetic Immunization.- 5. Protective Immune Responses Elicited by Genetic Immunization against Viruses.- 6. Immune Responses Elicited by Genetic Immunization with Bacterial, Fungal, or Parasitic Antigens.- 7. Autoimmunity, Allergy, and Genetic Vaccines.- 8. Genetic Immunization against Tumors.- 9. Genetic Vaccination of Neonates.