Plotkin, S.: VACCINES 4th Ed. - Octubre 2003 - 270,00 € - 1662 Pag. 

 
This classic resource examines every aspect of vaccination - from development to use in reducing disease.  
Completely revised and updated, it provides authoritative information on vaccine production, available preparations, efficacy, and safety...recommendations for vaccine use, with rationales...data on the impact of vaccination programs on morbidity and mortality...and more.   
Reviews
 
"Remains authoritative and comprehensive...there are no similar comprehensive texts on vaccines."  
-- Annals of Internal Medicine  

Features
 
Provides a complete understanding of each disease, including clinical characteristics, microbiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment, as well an epidemiology and public health issues.  
Discusses the proper use of immune globulins and antitoxins.  
Examines vaccine stability, immunogenicity, efficacy, duration of immunity, adverse events, indications, contraindications, precautions, administration with other vaccines, and disease control strategies.  
Illustrates concepts and objective data with over 605 tables and figures.  
 

What's New
 
. Covers the latest in smallpox, anthrax, poliomyelitis, hepatitis, and more.  
. Analyses the cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness of vaccines.  
. Features the latest in vaccine research.  
 
Contents
 
1. History 
2. History of Polio Vaccine Development  
3. Immunology of Vaccination  
4. The Vaccine Industry  
5. Vaccine Manufacture  
6. Adjuvants 
7. Additives 
8. General Immunization Practice  
9. Smallpox and Vaccinia  
10. Immunization in the Immunocompromised Host  
11. Immunization of HIV-Infected Persons  
 
VACCINES RECOMMENDED FOR ALL CHILDREN AND ADULTS  
 
12. Bacilli Calmette-Gu'erin Vaccine  
13. Diphtheria Toxoid  
14. Haemophilus Influenzae Vaccine  
15. Hepatitis A Vaccine  
16. Hepatitis B Vaccine  
17. Influenza Vaccines--Inactivated  
18. Live Influenza Virus Vaccine  
19. Measles Vaccine  
20. Mumps Vaccine  
21. Pertussis Vaccine  
22. Pneumococcal Polysaccharide  
23. Pneumo Conjugate  
24. Polio Vaccine Inactivated  
25. Live Attenuated Oral Poliovirus Vaccine  
26. Rubella Vaccine  
27. Tetanus Toxoid  
28. Varicella Vaccine  
29. Combination Vaccines  
 
SPECIAL VACCINES  
 
30. Adenovirus Vaccines  
31. Anthrax Vaccine  
32. Cholera Vaccine  
33. Japanese Encephalitis Vaccines  
34. Meningococcal Vaccines  
35. Miscellaneous Vaccines  
36. Plague Vaccine  
37. Rabies Vaccine  
38. Tick - Borne Encephalitis Vaccine  
39. Typhoid Fever Vaccines  
40. Yellow Fever Vaccine  
 
SELECTED VACCINES OF THE FUTURE  
 
41. New Technologies for Making Vaccines  
42. Pox Virus Vaccine--Recombinant  
43. Cytomegalovirus Vaccines  
44. Diarrheal Disease Vaccine  
45. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Vaccine  
46. Lyme Disease Vaccine  
47. Malaria Vaccine  
48. Other Parasitic Disease Vaccines  
49. Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine  
50. Rotavirus Vaccines  
51. Staphylococcus Vaccine  
 
PUBLIC HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS  
 
52. Immunization in the United States  
53. Immunization in Europe  
54. Immunization in Developing Countries  
55. Community Immunity  
56. Cost-Benefit and Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Vaccine Policy  
57. Vaccines for International Travel  
58. Vaccines for Healthcare Workers  
59. Regulation an Testing of Vaccines  
60. Safety of Vaccines  
61. Safety of Multiple Antigen Administration  
62. Legal Issues  
63. Public Acceptance of Vaccines  
 
APPENDICES