| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, portraits (some color) |
| Contents |
A short history of vaccination -- Vaccine immunology -- Correlates of protection -- The vaccine industry -- Vaccine manufacturing -- Evolution of adjuvants across the centuries -- Vaccine additives and manufacturing residuals in vaccines licensed in the united states -- Passive immunization -- General immunization practices -- Adenovirus vaccines -- Anthrax vaccines -- Biodefense and special pathogen vaccines -- Cancer vaccines -- Cholera vaccines -- Combination vaccines -- Cytomegalovirus vaccines -- Dengue vaccines -- Diarrhea caused by bacteria -- Diphtheria toxoid -- Ebola vaccines -- Enterovirus 71 -- Epstein-Barr virus vaccines -- Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines -- Hepatitis A vaccines -- Hepatitis B vaccines -- Hepatitis C vaccines -- Hepatitis E vaccines -- Herpes simplex virus vaccines -- Human immunodeficiency virus vaccines -- Human papillomavirus vaccines -- Inactivated influenza vaccines -- Influenza vaccine--live -- Japanese encephalitis vaccines -- Lyme disease vaccines -- Malaria vaccines -- Maternal immunization -- Measles vaccines -- Meningococcal capsular group A, C, W, and Y conjugate vaccines -- Meningococcal capsular group B vaccines -- Mumps vaccines -- Noninfectious disease vaccines -- Norovirus vaccines -- Parasitic disease vaccines -- Pertussis vaccines -- Plague vaccines -- Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and pneumococcal common protein vaccines -- Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines -- Poliovirus vaccine-inactivated -- Poliovirus vaccine-live -- Rabies vaccines -- Respiratory syncytial virus vaccines -- Rotavirus vaccines -- Rubella vaccines -- Smallpox and vaccinia -- Staphylococcus aureus vaccines -- Streptococcus group a vaccines -- Streptococcus group B vaccines -- Tetanus toxoid -- Tickborne encephalitis vaccines -- Tuberculosis vaccines -- Typhoid fever vaccines -- Varicella vaccines -- Yellow fever vaccines -- Zika virus -- Zoster vaccines -- Technologies for making new vaccines -- Development of gene-based vectors for immunization -- Technologies to improve immunization -- Vaccination of immunocompromised hosts -- Vaccination of human immunodeficiency virus-infected persons -- Vaccines for international travel -- Vaccines for healthcare personnel -- Immunization in the united states -- Immunization in Europe -- Immunization in the Asia-Pacific region -- Immunization in developing countries -- Community protection -- Economic analyses of vaccine policies -- Regulation and testing of vaccines -- Regulation of vaccines in Europe -- Regulation of vaccines in low- and middle-income countries -- Vaccine safety -- Legal issues -- Ethics |
| Summary |
From the development of each vaccine to its use in reducing disease, Plotkin's Vaccines, 7th Edition, provides the expert information you need to provide optimal care to your patients. This award-winning text offers a complete understanding of each disease, as well as the latest knowledge of both existing vaccines and those currently in research and development. Described by Bill Gates as "an indispensable guide to the enhancement of the well-being of our world," Plotkin's Vaccines is a must-have reference for current, authoritative information in this fast-moving field |
| Notes |
Revised edition of: Vaccines / [edited by] Stanley A. Plotkin, Walter A. Orenstein, and Paul A. Offit. 6th ed. ©2013 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Online resource; title from resource home page (ClinicalKey, viewed June 21, 2017) |
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Immunization.
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Vaccines.
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Vaccination.
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Vaccines
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Vaccination
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Immunization Programs
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Immunization
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Vaccination
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Immunization
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Vaccines
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Plotkin, Stanley A., 1932- editor.
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Orenstein, Walter A., editor.
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Offit, Paul A., editor.
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| LC no. |
2016028004 |
| ISBN |
9780323393027 |
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0323393020 |
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9780323393010 |
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0323393012 |
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