Immuno-Informatics
The study of molecules of the immune system using computer science techniques. The aim of this study is to efficiently and effectively predict immunogenicity. This can occur at the level of epitopes, subunit vaccines, or attenuated or inactive pathogens.
The ability of a pathogen, or a part or molecule of a pathogen, to elicit a specific immune response when first exposed to immune surveillance is called immunogenicity. The ability to be recognized by the molecular machinery of the adaptive immune response in a recall reaction is called antigenicity.
