The Vaccine Book, Second Edition, provides comprehensive information on the current and future world of vaccines. It reveals the scientific opportunities and potential impact of vaccines, including economic and ethical challenges, problems encountered when producing vaccines, how clinical vaccine trials are designed, and how to introduce vaccines into widespread use. Although vaccines are now available for many diseases, there are still challenges ahead for major diseases such as AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. This book is designed for students, researchers, public health officials, and all others interested in increasing their understanding of vaccines. It answers common questions regarding the use of vaccines in the context of a rapidly expanding anti-vaccine environment. This new edition is completely updated, revised with new unique topics like: new vaccines, problem of declining immunization rates, trust in vaccines, the vaccine hesitancy, and the social value of vaccine for the community vs. the individual child's risk. Provides insight to diseases that could be prevented and challenges facing research scientists in the vaccine areaGives new ideas about future vaccines and conceptsIntroduces new vaccines and conceptsGives ideas about challenges facing public and private industrial investors in the vaccine areaDiscusses the problem of declining immunization rates and vaccine hesitancy INDICE: Introduction Infectious Disease Burden-20201 Impact of Existing Vaccines2 How do Vaccines Work3 Vaccine Design in the 21st Century4 Vaccine Adjuvants5 Vaccine Production6 How are Vaccines Assessed in Clinical Trials7 Correlates of Protection and Immunity8 Basis of Vaccine Safety9 Vaccines and Immune-mediated Diseases10 Maternal Immunization11 Pertussis12 Pneumococcal Conjugates13 Human Papilloma Virus14 Rotavirus15 Viruses16 Bacteria17 Parasites18 Tuberculosis19 Malaria20 HIV21 Influenza22 Ethical Aspects23 The Economics of Vaccines24 Introduction of Vaccines into Health Systems25 Transitioning Immunization into the Health Care System26 Barriers and Perceived Risks27 How and Where Do People Get Information28 Decision Making29 Ebola30 Extending to Noncommunicable Diseases: Cancer, PD131 Extending to Noncommunicable Diseases: Cancer, CAR-T
- ISBN: 978-0-12-802174-3
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 450
- Fecha Publicación: 08/07/2016
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés