Mass Vaccination: Global Aspects - Progress and Obstacles

1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-3-642-06727-3
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 304, 274 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 435 g

Reihe: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

This volume emphasizes that vaccination is always both a matter of individual and community protection, and that massive public health efforts are often needed to control infectious diseases in the most effective manner.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Plotkin, Stanley A.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Immunologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Mass Vaccination: When and Why.- Mass Vaccination and Surveillance/Containment in the Eradication of Smallpox.- Mass Immunization Programs: Principles and Standards.- Immunization Campaigns in the UK.- Diphtheria.- Universal Mass Vaccination Against Hepatitis A.- Mass Vaccination Against Hepatitis B: The French Example.- Mass Vaccination for Annual and Pandemic Influenza.- Is Global Measles Eradication Feasible?.- Measles Aerosol Vaccination.- Mass Vaccination Campaigns for Polio Eradication: An Essential Strategy for Success.- Rubella Mass Campaigns.- Mass Vaccination to Control Epidemic and Endemic Typhoid Fever.- Mass Vaccination: Solutions in the Skin.