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THE VACCINE BOOK
The Vaccine Book
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Edited By
Barry Bloom, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Paul-Henri Lambert

Description
The Vaccine Book 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. The Vaccine Book is designed for students, researchers, public health officials, and all others interested in increasing their understanding of vaccines.

Audience
Biomedical researchers, health policy makers, advanced students, working scientists, pediatricians, and other vaccine users

Contents
Global Burden of Disease. Immunology. Trial Design for Vaccines. Ethics and Vaccines. Understanding Microbial Pathogenesis as a Basis for Vaccine Design. Disease States and Vaccines: Selected Cases. Economics of Vaccines: From Vaccine Candidate to Commercialized Product. Vaccine Safety: Real and Perceived Issues. Introduction to New Vaccines in the Healthcare System. Future Challenges for Vaccines and Immunizations.

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 436 pages, publication date: NOV-2002
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-107258-2
ISBN-10: 0-12-107258-4
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS

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