《衛生部"十一五"規劃教材·全國高等醫藥教材建設研究會規劃教材·全國高等學校教材·醫學免疫學(英文版)》主要內容：Essential Medical Immunology is written for medical students in the People‘s Republic of China　and is adapted largely from Immunology （Seventh Edition） by David Male， Jonathan Brostoff， David B　Roth and Ivan Roit， with the permission of Mosby Elsevier Publishers。 Information from other sources，including research articles， has also been included。

Immunology is an experimental biomedical science concerned with the study of the structure and　function of the immune system in all life-forms， while medical immunology emphasizes on the human　system and the diseases associated with it。 Starting from the pioneering observations of people like　Edward Jenner， who in 1798 performed the first vaccination， or Frank Widal who， in 1896， developed　the first serological test， immunology has grown enormously to become an important， complex discipline　that has permeated into many other fields of biology， including such diverse areas as neuroscience and　biotechnology。