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Mass Vaccination: Global Aspects - Progress and Obstacles

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Editors:
  1. Stanley A. Plotkin

    1. Sanofi Pasteur, Doylestown, USA

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Part of the book series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology (CT MICROBIOLOGY, volume 304)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Mass Vaccination: When and Why

    • D. L. Heymann, R. B. Aylward
    Pages 1-16

  3. Mass Vaccination and Surveillance/Containment in the Eradication of Smallpox

    • J. M. Lane
    Pages 17-29

  4. Mass Immunization Programs: Principles and Standards

    • J. D. Grabenstein, R. L. Nevin
    Pages 31-51

  5. Immunization Campaigns in the UK

    • K. Noakes, D. Salisbury
    Pages 53-70

  6. Diphtheria

    • C. R. Vitek
    Pages 71-94

  7. Universal Mass Vaccination Against Hepatitis A

    • F. E. André
    Pages 95-114

  8. Mass Vaccination Against Hepatitis B: The French Example

    • F. Denis, D. Levy-Bruhl
    Pages 115-129

  9. Mass Vaccination for Annual and Pandemic Influenza

    • B. Schwartz, P. Wortley
    Pages 131-152

  10. Is Global Measles Eradication Feasible?

    • C. A. de Quadros
    Pages 153-163

  11. Measles Aerosol Vaccination

    • J. L. Valdespino-Gómez, M. de Lourdes Garcia-Garcia, J. Fernandez-de-Castro, A. M. Henao-Restrepo, J. Bennett, J. Sepulveda-Amor
    Pages 165-193

  12. Mass Vaccination Campaigns for Polio Eradication: An Essential Strategy for Success

    • R. W. Sutter, C. Maher
    Pages 195-220

  13. Rubella Mass Campaigns

    • S. Reef
    Pages 221-229

  14. Mass Vaccination to Control Epidemic and Endemic Typhoid Fever

    • M. M. Levine
    Pages 231-246

  15. Mass Vaccination: Solutions in the Skin

    • G. M. Glenn, R. T. Kenney
    Pages 247-268

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 269-273
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About this book

Mass immunization is the blitzkrieg of vaccination practice. It serves to rapidly protect populations, both because of the high coverage achieved and because of the herd immunity thereby induced. However, as in war, mass immunization campaigns must be conducted intelligently, with careful strategy and strong attention to logistics of supply and deployment. If conducted badly, mass immunization may fail or even be counter-productive. In this volume, some of the most successful practitioners of mass im- nization tell us about its art and science. David Heymann and Bruce Aylward of WHO begin the book with a theoretical and practical overview of mass immunization. Michael Lane, who participated in the successful effort to eradicate smallpox relates how this was done using mass vaccination and other strategies. Application of mass immunization by the US military is c- ered by John Grabenstein and Remington Nevin, who have a large experience in these matters. Karen Noakes and David Salisbury recount the striking s- cesses of mass immunization in the United Kingdom. The global control of the clostridia that produce diphtheria toxin is described by Charles Vitek. Hepa- tis A is decreasing dramatically under the impact of large-scale vaccination, as Francis André illustrates. The French experience with Hepatitis B vac- nation has been mixed, and François Denis and Daniel Levy-Bruhl explain the circumstances. In?uenza vaccination is an annual example of large-scale campaigns, the complexity of which is recounted by Benjamin Schwartz and Pascale Wortley.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Sanofi Pasteur, Doylestown, USA

    Stanley A. Plotkin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mass Vaccination: Global Aspects - Progress and Obstacles

  • Editors: Stanley A. Plotkin

  • Series Title: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36583-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-29382-8Published: 21 August 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-06727-3Published: 12 February 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-36583-9Published: 21 September 2006

  • Series ISSN: 0070-217X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-9965

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 274

  • Topics: Immunology

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