title: [Computer aid vaccine design: new area of biomedical engineering].
abstract: Computer aid vaccine design (CAVD) is a new area of biomedical engineering. This article reviewed the background of the coming of CAVD and its main research contents, methods and applications. Free tools of the trade in CAVD are listed; the implication and the perspective of CAVD are also suggested.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Zili
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Dezhong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000639:trends*; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D015195:Drug Design; D018604:Epitope Mapping; D006801:Humans; D012984:Software; D014612:Vaccines / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D014612:Vaccines