Research Catalog

Title

Vaccines : preventing disease & protecting health / Ciro A. de Quadros, editor.

Author

Conference on Vaccines, Prevention, and Public Health (2002 : Washington, D.C.)

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Pan American Health Organization, c2004.

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Additional Authors

• Quadros, Ciro A. de.
• Pan American Health Organization.

Description

xiii, 398 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Scientific and technical publication ; no. 596

Uniform Title

Scientific and technical publication (Washington, D.C.) ; no. 596.

Subjects

• Vaccination
• Immunization
• Vaccines
• Public health
• Communicable diseases > Prevention

Note

• "Also published in Spanish with the title: Vacunas : Prevención de enfermedades y protección de la salud" --T.p verso.
• Errata slip enclosed.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Vaccines and the challenge of emerging and re-emerging diseases: from HIV/AIDS to bioterrorism -- A century of vaccines and immunization in the Americas -- Polio: present status and post-eradication policies -- Potential for circulation of vaccine-derived policies -- Is global measles eradication feasible? -- New measles vaccine formulations and delivery systems and their potential contribution to reducing measles mortality worldwide -- The burden of Congenital Rubella Syndrome -- Accelerated control of rubella and prevention of Congenital Rubella Syndrome: experiences in the Americas -- The challenge of Yellow Fever -- Haemophilus Influenzae Type B: the burden in Asia -- Development of a live Varicella vaccine: current status and projects -- Hepatitis A vaccines -- Congugate Meningococcal vaccines for Africa -- The efficacy and effectiveness of Pneumococcal Conjugate -- Rotavirus vaccines -- Typhoid Fever and Cholera vaccines -- Progress in Shigella vaccine development -- Human Papillomavirus -- Success in vaccinating against Helicobacter pylori -- Hepatitis C -- Advances in influenza vaccine development -- Vaccine prospects for Respiratory Syncytial Virus -- A new generation of Tuberculosis vaccines -- A new Polio vaccine? -- The quest for a preventative vaccine against HIV/AIDS -- Dengue vaccines -- Progress toward a Maleria vaccine -- Hookworm in the Americas: progress in the development of an anti-hookworm vaccine -- Mucosal vaccines to induce cellular immunity against HIV and other viral infections -- Maternal immunization -- DNA vaccines: a review -- Oral vaccines derived from Transgenic plants -- New Adjuvants -- The PowwderJet Particle-mediated Epidermal Delivery of DNA vaccines: a new technology -- Smallpox vaccine -- Anthrax -- Vaccines against viral hemorrhagic fevers -- The public sector -- The industry perspective -- The consumers' perspective -- The role of prevention in health and public health: challenges for the future -- External finance of immunization programs: time for a change in paradigm? -- A vision for the future sustainability of national financing of immunization programs -- The role of multilateral financing institutions in supporting immunization programs -- The potential impact of health reform on immunization programs -- Perspectives for the elimination /eradication of diseases with vaccines.

Call Number

JSF 07-778

ISBN

• 9275115966
• 9789275115961

LCCN

2005351604

OCLC

60360070

Conference

Conference on Vaccines, Prevention, and Public Health (2002 : Washington, D.C.)

Title

Vaccines : preventing disease & protecting health / Ciro A. de Quadros, editor.

Imprint

Washington, D.C. : Pan American Health Organization, c2004.

Series

Scientific and technical publication ; no. 596

Scientific and technical publication (Washington, D.C.) ; no. 596.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Quadros, Ciro A. de.

Pan American Health Organization.

Research Call Number

JSF 07-778