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History of Vaccine Development

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Editors:
  1. Stanley A. Plotkin

    1. , Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

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  • Documents the history of vaccine development from the 1798 smallpox vaccine to the present day
  • Describes major innovations in detail, including chemical inactivation of whole bacteria, the utilization of purified proteins, and the advents of genetic engineering
  • Gives detailed accounts from all over the world
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Stanley A. Plotkin
    Pages 1-4

  3. “Variolation” and Vaccination in Late Imperial China, Ca 1570–1911

    • Angela Ki Che Leung
    Pages 5-12

  4. Edward Jenner’s Role in the Introduction of Smallpox Vaccine

    • Derrick Baxby
    Pages 13-19

  5. Edward Jenner, Benefactor to Mankind

    • Ian Bailey
    Pages 21-25

  6. Smallpox Eradication: The Vindication of Jenner’s Prophesy

    • Frank Fenner
    Pages 27-32

  7. Pasteur and the Birth of Vaccines Made in the Laboratory

    • Hervé Bazin
    Pages 33-45

  8. Antituberculosis BCG Vaccine: Lessons from the Past

    • Marina Gheorgiu
    Pages 47-55

  9. A History of Toxoids

    • Edgar H. Relyveld
    Pages 57-64

  10. Vaccination Against Typhoid Fever: A Century of Research. End of the Beginning or Beginning of the End?

    • Philippe Sansonetti
    Pages 65-72

  11. The History of Pertussis Vaccination: From Whole-Cell to Subunit Vaccines

    • Marta Granström
    Pages 73-82

  12. Bacterial Polysaccharide Vaccines

    • Robert Austrian
    Pages 83-90

  13. Polysaccharide–Protein Conjugate Vaccines

    • John B. Robbins, Rachel Schneerson, Shouson C. Szu, Vince Pozsgay
    Pages 91-102

  14. After Pasteur: History of New Rabies Vaccines

    • Hilary Koprowski
    Pages 103-107

  15. Yellow Fever Vaccines: The Success of Empiricism, Pitfalls of Application, and Transition to Molecular Vaccinology

    • Thomas P. Monath
    Pages 109-135

  16. A Race with Evolution: A History of Influenza Vaccines

    • Edwin D. Kilbourne
    Pages 137-144

  17. The Role of Tissue Culture in Vaccine Development

    • Samuel L. Katz, Catherine M. Wilfert, Frederick C. Robbins
    Pages 145-149

  18. Viral Vaccines and Cell Substrate: A “Historical” Debate

    • Florian Horaud
    Pages 151-154

  19. History of Koprowski Vaccine Against Poliomyelitis

    • Hilary Koprowski
    Pages 155-166

  20. Oral Polio Vaccine and the Results of Its Use

    • Joseph Melnick
    Pages 167-177
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About this book

Vaccinology, the concept of a science ranging from the study of immunology to the development and distribution of vaccines, was a word invented by Jonas Salk. This book covers the history of the methodological progress in vaccine development and to the social and ethical issues raised by vaccination. Chapters include "Jenner and the Vaccination against Smallpox," "Viral Vaccines," and "Ethical and Social Aspects of vaccines." Contributing authors include pioneers in the field, such as Samuel L. Katz and Hilary Koprowski. This history of vaccines is relatively short and many of its protagonists are still alive. This book was written by some of the chief actors in the drama whose subject matter is the conquest of epidemic disease.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

    Stanley A. Plotkin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: History of Vaccine Development

  • Editors: Stanley A. Plotkin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1339-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • 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 Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-1338-8Published: 12 May 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9357-1Published: 03 September 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-1339-5Published: 11 May 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 349

  • Additional Information: Originally published by Elsevier

  • Topics: Immunology, Microbiology, Medicine/Public Health, general, Virology, Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology

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