title: Prevention of infectious diseases by neonatal and early infantile immunization: prospects for the new millennium.
abstract: Newborns and young infants are at increased risk of severe or prolonged infections. Recent advances in our understanding of the host immune response in this age group, coupled with the development of molecular genetic tools, have paved the way for a new generation of preventive vaccines.
authors.affiliation: aMRC Laboratories, Banjul, The Gambia, West Africa, and bWellcome Trust Centre for the Study of Molecular Mechanisms in Disease, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marchant
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Newport