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Vaccines, Prevention, and Control
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Edited By
Lawrence Stanberry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, USA
David Bernstein, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.
Description
There are 12 million new cases of sexually transmitted diseases every year.
This growing world-wide problem has captured the concern of
medical professionals, behavioural scientists, and public health officials.Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Vaccines, Prevention
and Control provides a comprehensive assessment of the global epidemiology of sexually transmitted diseases plus current data
on various strategies for controlling the epidemic, with particular focus on vaccines. The editors and authors represent the leading
authorities in the field and provide international and multi-disciplinary expertise.
This book is essential reading for all researchers
and clinicians working in infectious diseases, virology, microbiology, immunology and vaccine development. This work will also be of
key interest to medical students, physicians and workers in pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and public and world health organisations.
Audience
Researchers in virology, microbiology, infectious disease, and immunology; research clinicians and medical microbiologists, vaccine technolgists,
molecular biologists, biochemists, and biotechnologists working on vaccine development; centers for disease control, public and world
health organizations, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology companies.
Contents
Pertinent Issues, Scientific Advances, and Strategies for Control:
A. Cunningham, A. Mindel, and D.E. Dwyer,
Global Epidemiology of Sexually Transmitted Infections.M. Gomberg, V.A. Akovnian, and A.A. Koubanova, The Changing Epidemiology
of Sexually Transmitted Diseases: The Russian Experience.M. Cooper, The Genital Tract: Developmental, Anatomical and Microbiological
Factors Affecting STD Acquisition and Strategies for Prevention.G. Milligan and D. Bernstein, Mucosal Immunity of the Genital
Tract.S.L. Rosenthal, S.S. Cohen, and F.M. Biro, Behavior and Psychological Factors Associated with STD Risk.J. Kelaghan,
Physical Barrier Methods: Acceptance, Use, and Effectiveness.P. Hitchcock, Vaginal Microbicides.
Pathogens:
L. Stanberry, Genital Herpes Simplex Virus Infection.K. Beutner, K. Tyring, and J.L. Severson, Genital Papillomavirus
Infection.P. Vandepapeliere, Therapeutic STD Vaccines (HSV + HPV).J. Shanley, Cytomegalovius.J. Zuckerman and
A. Zuckerman, Hepatitis B Virus Infection.P. Vandepapeliere, Therapeutic STD Vaccines (HBV) R. Brunham and G. McClarty,
Chlamydia.C. Deal and J. Zenilman, Gonorrhea.A. Mindel and C. Estcourt, Syphilis.B. Mathieson, Human Immunodeficiency
Virus Infection.
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Hardbound, 468 pages, publication date: JAN-2000
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-663330-6
ISBN-10: 0-12-663330-4
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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