Book Features
- Provides a complete understanding of each disease, including clinical characteristics, microbiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment, as well an epidemiology and public health issues.
- Offers comprehensive coverage of both existing vaccines and vaccines currently in the research and development stage.
- Examines vaccine stability, immunogenicity, efficacy, duration of immunity, adverse events, indications, contraindications, precautions, administration with other vaccines, and disease control strategies.
- Analyses the cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness of vaccines.
- Discusses the proper use of immune globulins and antitoxins.
- Illustrates concepts and objective data with approximately 600 tables and figures.
New in this edition
- Includes access to a companion web site offering the complete contents of the book - fully searchable - for rapid consultation from anyplace with an Internet connection.
- A Short History of Vaccination
- The History of Polio Vaccine Development
- The Immunology of Vaccination
- The Vaccine Industry
- Vaccine Manufacturing
- Immunologic Adjuvants
- Vaccine Additives and Manufacturing Residuals in the United States - Licensed Vaccines
- General Immunization Practices
- Smallpox and Vaccinia
- Vaccination in the Immunocompromised Host
- Vaccination of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Persons
- Bacille Calmette-Guerin Vaccine
- Diphtheria Toxoid
- Haemophilus influenzae Vaccine
- Hepatitis A Vaccine
- Hepatitis B Vaccine
- Influenza Vaccine - Inactivated
- Influenza Vaccine - Live
- Measles Vaccine
- Mumps Vaccine
- Pertussis Vaccine
- Pneumococcal Polysaccharide
- Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine
- Poliovirus Vaccine - Inactivated
- Poliovirus Vaccine - Live
- Rubella Vaccine
- Tetanus Toxoid
- Varicella Vaccine
- Combination Vaccines
- Adenovirus Vaccine
- Anthrax Vaccine
- Cholera Vaccine
- Japanese Encephalitis Vaccines
- Meningococcal Vaccines
- Miscellaneous Limited-Use Vaccines
- Plague
- Rabies Vaccine
- Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus Vaccine
- Typhoid Fever Vaccine
- Yellow Fever Vaccine
- Technologies for Making New Vaccines
- Cytomegalovirus and Herpes Simplex Vaccines
- Diarrheal Disease Vaccines
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- Human Papillomavirus Vaccine for Cervical Cancer Prevention
- Lyme Disease Vaccine
- Malaria Vaccine
- Parasitic Disease Vaccines
- Poxviruses as Immunization Vehicles
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine
- Rotavirus Vaccine
- Staphylococcus Vaccine
- Immunization in the United States
- Immunization in Europe
- Vaccination Programs in Developing Countries
- Community Immunity
- Economic Analyses of Vaccine Policies
- Vaccines for International Travel
- Vaccines for Health Care Workers
- Regulation and Testing of Vaccines
- Safety of Immunizations
- Multiple Vaccines and the Immune System
- Legal Issues
App. 2 Immunobiologicals and Their Manufacturers and Distributors
App. 3 Representative Vaccine Information Statement
App. 4 Case Definitions for Selected Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Under Public Health Surveillance in the United States
App. 5 Web Sites that Contain Information About Immunization
List of Previous Authors
Index
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Product Details
- Hardcover: 1748 pages
- Publisher: Saunders; 5 edition (February 7, 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1416036113
- ISBN-13: 978-1416036111
- Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 9.1 x 2.4 inches
- List Price: $355.00