The Structure of Mathematical Immunology

Mathematical immunology is a young (some might even say immature) but nevertheless wide-ranging discipline. In order to put the papers of this book into a broader context, we here give a brief, necessarily sketchy, overview of some of the main areas of mathematical immunology, not all of which were represented at the Mogilany conference. A more comprehensive overview of the range of the subject may be gained from the collective contents of several monographs and collections of papers on mathematical immunology (1–6).