The vaccine book /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bloom, Barry R., 1937-
Other Authors: Lambert, P. H. (Paul Henri)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic, 2003.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Global burden of disease
  • A. The burden of vaccine-preventable diseases
  • B. Cost effectiveness of immunization : asking the right questions
  • C. Potential and existing impact of vaccines on disease epidemiology
  • 2. Immunology
  • A. Basic immunology of vaccine development
  • B. Immunological requirements for vaccines to be used in early life
  • 3. Trial design for vaccines
  • A. Clinical development of new vaccines : phase 1 and 2 trials
  • B. Phase 3 studies of vaccines
  • 4. Ethics and vaccines
  • 5. Understanding microbial pathogenesis as a basis for vaccine design
  • A. Bacteria
  • B. Disease-oriented approach to the discovery of novel vaccines
  • C. Immunological memory and vaccines against acute cytopathic and noncytopathic infections
  • D. Parasitic diseases, with an emphasis on experimental cutaneous leishmaniasis
  • 6. Disease states and vaccines : selected cases
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Polio
  • C. Rubella
  • D. Pertussis
  • E. Rotavirus
  • F. Aids vaccines : challenges and prospects
  • G. Pneumococcus, pneumococcal disease, and prevention
  • H. Tuberculosis
  • I. Malaria
  • J. Human papillomaviruses
  • K. Helicobacter pylori
  • L. Genome-based approach for a vaccine against Neisseeria meningitidis
  • 7. Economics of vaccines : from vaccine candidate to commercialized product
  • 8. Vaccine safety : real and perceived issues
  • 9. Introduction of new vaccines in the healthcare system
  • 10. Future challenges for vaccines and immunization