
Vaccines
Expert Consult
- 5th Edition - February 7, 2008
- Imprint: Saunders
- Authors: Walter A. Orenstein, Paul A. Offit, Stanley A. Plotkin
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 3 7 7 - 0 1 8 6 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 3 7 7 - 2 1 5 8 - 4
Completely revised and updated, this respected reference offers comprehensive and current coverage of every aspect of vaccination—from development to use in reducing disease. It… Read more

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Request a sales quoteCompletely revised and updated, this respected reference offers comprehensive and current coverage of every aspect of vaccination—from development to use in reducing disease. It provides authoritative information on vaccine production, available preparations, efficacy, and safety…recommendations for vaccine use, with rationales…data on the impact of vaccination programs on morbidity and mortality…and more. And now, as an Expert Consult title, it includes a companion web site offering this unparalleled guidance where and when you need it most!
- Provides a complete understanding of each disease, including clinical characteristics, microbiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment, as well an epidemiology and public health issues.
- Offers comprehensive coverage of both existing vaccines and vaccines currently in the research and development stage.
- Examines vaccine stability, immunogenicity, efficacy, duration of immunity, adverse events, indications, contraindications, precautions, administration with other vaccines, and disease control strategies.
- Analyses the cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness of vaccines.
- Discusses the proper use of immune globulins and antitoxins.
- Illustrates concepts and objective data with approximately 600 tables and figures.
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Section 1: General aspects of vaccination1. A Short History of Vaccination, Stanley L. Plotkin, Susan L. Plotkin2. The Immunology of Vaccination, Claire-Anne Siegrist3. The Vaccine Industry, Gordon Douglas, Vijay Samant4. Vaccine Manufacturing, James Robinson5. Immunologic Adjuvants, Fred Vogel, Stanley Hem6. Vaccine Additives and Manufacturing Residuals in the United States: Licensed Vaccines, Theresa Finn, William Egan 7. General Immunization Practices, William Atkinson, Larry Pickering, & Andrew KrogerSection 2: Licensed vaccines8. Anthrax Vaccine, Phillip S Brachman, Arthur M Friedlander, John Grabenstein9. Cholera Vaccine, Carol Tacket, David Sack10. Diphtheria Toxoid, Melinda Wharton11. Haemophilus influenzae Vaccine, Aruna Chadran, James P Watt, Mathuram Santosham12. Hepatitis A Vaccine, Beth Bell, Steve Feinstone & Tony Fiore13. Hepatitis B Vaccine, Eric Mast, Susan Goldstein, John Ward14. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine, John T Schiller15. Influenza Vaccine (Inactivated), Nancy Cox, Carolyn Bridges, Roland Levandowski, Jackie Katz16. Influenza Vaccine (Live), Robert B Belshe, Robert E Walker, Jeffrey J. Stoddard, Paul Mendleman17. Japanese Encephalitis Vaccines, Scott Halstead, Julie Jacobson18. Measles Vaccine, Peter M Strebel, Mark Papania19. Meningococcal Vaccines, Dan M Granoff20. Mumps Vaccine, Stanley Plotkin, Steven Rubin21. Pertussis Vaccine, Kathryn Edwards, Michael Decker22. Plague, Diane Williamson, Richard Titball, A J Simpson23. Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine, Steve Black, Henry Shinefield, Juhani Eskola, Cynthia Whitney24. Pneumococcal Polysaccharide, Kathy Neuzil, Lisa Jackson25. Poliovirus Vaccine (Inactivated), Stanley Plotkin, Emmanuel Vidor26. Poliovirus Vaccine (Live), Roland Sutter27. Rabies Vaccine, Stanley Plotkin, Hilary Koprowski, Charles Rupprecht28. Rotavirus Vaccine, Paul Offit, Fred Clark, Dick Ward29. Rubella Vaccine, Stanley Plotkin, Susan Reef30. Smallpox and Vaccinia, Donald A. Henderson, Lu Borio, John Grabenstein31. Tetanus Toxoid, Steve Wassilak, Walter Orenstein32. Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus Vaccine, Noel Barrett, Hartmut Josef Ehrlich33. Tuberculosis, Kimberly C Smith, Jeffrey R Starke, Ian M Orme, James Kaper34. Typhoid Fever Vaccine, Myron M Levine35. Varicella Vaccine, Anne A. Gershon, Michiaki Takahashi, Jane Seward36. Yellow Fever Vaccine, Tom Monath, Dirk Teuwen, Marty Cetron37. Zoster Vaccine, Myron Levin38. Combination Vaccines, Michael Decker, H. Bogaerts, K. EdwardsSection 3: Vaccines in development and new vaccine strategies39. Adenovirus Vaccine, Greg Gray, Charlotte Gaydos40. Biodefense and Special Pathogen Vaccines, LTC Philip R. Pittman, Stanley Plotkin41. Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines, Neil Berinstein, David Spaner42. Cytomegalovirus Vaccine, Stanley Plotkin43. Dengue Vaccine, Scott Halstead, Duane Gubler44. Diarrhea Caused by Bacteria, James P Nataro45. Ebola Vaccine, Gary Nabel, Peter B. Jahrling46. Epstein-Barr Virus Vaccine, Denis Moss, Joanne Davis47. Hepatitis C Vaccine, Michael Houghton48. Hepatitis E Vaccine, Robert Purcell, Suzanne Emerson49. Herpes Simplex Virus Vaccine, Lawrence Stanberry50. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Marc Girard, Koff51. Lyme Disease Vaccine, Allen C Steere52. Malaria Vaccine, Filip Dubovsky, Elissa Malkin53. Noninfectious Disease Vaccines, George Siber, A Fattom (NABI)54. Parainfluenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccines, Ruth Karron55. Parasitic Disease Vaccines, Peter Hotez, Jeff Bethony56. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Vaccine, Albert Osterhaus57. Staphylococcus Vaccine, Robert Daum58. Streptococcus Group A Vaccine, Karen Kotloff59. Streptococcus Group B Vaccine, Carol Baker, C. Mary Healy60. New Vaccine Strategies, Ronald W Ellis61. Delivery Systems, Bruce Weniger, Mark Papania62. Vectors, Gary NabelSection 4: Vaccination of special groups63. Vaccination in the Immunocompromised Host, Per Ljungman64. Vaccination of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infec ted Persons, William J Moss, Neal A Halsey65. Vaccines for International Travel, Elizabeth Day Barnett, Phyllis E. Kozarsky, Robert Steffen66. Vaccines for Health Care Workers, David J Weber, Ray Strikas, Mike Decker or Bill SchaffnerSection 5: Public health and regulatory issues67. Immunization in the United States, Walter Orenstein, Lance Rodewald, Alan Hinman, Anne Schuchat68. Immunization in Europe, David Salisbury69. Immunization in Asia, Theodore Tsai, Zhi Yi Xu70. International Immunization, Steve Hadler, Felicity Cutts, Vance Dietz, Steve Wiersma71. Community Immunity, Paul Fine, Kim Mulholland72. Economic Analyses of Vaccine Policies, Mark Miller, Alan Hinman73. Regulation and Testing of Vaccines, Norman Baylor, Karen Midthun74. Safety of Immunizations, Paul Offit, Robert L Davis, Deborah Gust75. Legal Issues, Emily Marcus Levine, Geoffrey S Evans, Elizabeth Saindon76. Ethics, Arthur Caplan, Jason L SchwartzIndex
- Edition: 5
- Published: February 7, 2008
- Imprint: Saunders
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9781437701869
- eBook ISBN: 9781437721584
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Walter A. Orenstein
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, and Global Health, Emory University; Associate Director, Emory Vaccine Center, Atlanta GA; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA; Former Director, National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GAPO
Paul A. Offit
Affiliations and expertise
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Director, Vaccine Education Center, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Professor of Pediatrics, Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology, Perelman School of Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaSP
Stanley A. Plotkin
Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania, Emeritus Professor, Wistar Institute, Former Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Former Medical and Scientific Director, Pasteur Merieux Connaught (now Sanofi Pasteur), Marnes-la-Coquette, FranceRead Vaccines on ScienceDirect