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<p><strong>Immunology</strong> is a broad branch of <a title="Biomedical science" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomedical_science">biomedical</a> <a title="Science" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science">science</a> that covers the study of all aspects of the <a title="Immune system" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immune_system">immune system</a> in all <a title="Organism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organism">organisms</a>. It deals with, among other things, the <a title="Physiology" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physiology">physiological</a> functioning of the immune system in states of both health and disease; malfunctions of the immune system in immunological disorders (<a title="Autoimmune diseases" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoimmune_diseases">autoimmune diseases</a>, <a title="Hypersensitivity" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersensitivity">hypersensitivities</a>, <a title="Immune deficiency" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immune_deficiency">immune deficiency</a>, <a title="Transplant" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transplant">allograft</a> rejection); the physical, chemical and physiological characteristics of the components of the immune system <a title="In vitro" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_vitro">in vitro</a>, <a title="In situ" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_situ">in situ</a>, and <a title="In vivo" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_vivo">in vivo</a>. Immunology has various applications in several disciplines of science, and as such is further divided.</p>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline">References</span></h2>
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<li><a class="external text" title="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Immunology" rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Immunology" rel="nofollow">Wikibooks Immunology Textbook</a> </li>
<li>Goldsby RA, Kindt TK, Osborne BA and Kuby J (2003) <strong>Immunology</strong>, 5th Edition, W.H. Freeman and Company, New York, New York, <a class="internal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Booksources&isbn=0716749475">ISBN 0-7167-4947-5</a> </li>
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<li><a class="external text" title="http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcimmunol/" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcimmunol/" rel="nofollow">BMC: Immunology</a>- <a title="BioMed Central" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioMed_Central">BioMed Central</a>:Immunology is an <a title="Open access journal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access_journal">open access journal</a> publishing original peer-reviewed research articles. </li> <li><a title="Nature Reviews Immunology" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_Reviews_Immunology">Nature Reviews Immunology</a> (<a class="external text" title="http://www.nature.com/nri/index.html" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nature.com/nri/index.html" rel="nofollow">journal home</a>) </li> <li><a class="external text" title="http://www.lib.mcg.edu/edu/esimmuno/progmenu.htm" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.lib.mcg.edu/edu/esimmuno/progmenu.htm" rel="nofollow">Overview</a> at <a title="Medical College of Georgia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_College_of_Georgia">Medical College of Georgia</a> </li>
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