Traveller's Vaccines

by Jong, Elaine C.; Zuckerman, Jane N.

• ISBN13: 9781550092257
• ISBN10: 1550092251
• Edition: CD
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: Pmph USA Ltd

Summary

Travelers setting out from urban centers in temperate zones to more rural and tropical areas increasingly need to be informed about the vaccines they need to provide protection against infectious diseases. The answers are provided here in Travelers' Vaccines, the new state-of-the-art source book that covers currently available and future vaccines that can contribute to the health of international travelers. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Contributors	vi
SECTION I: VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY
Immunologic Principles of Vaccination (Theory)	1	(19)
Bambos M. Charalambous
Timothy D. McHugh
Measurements and Tests for Immunity (Applied)	20	(12)
Bambos M. Charalambous
Indran Balakrishnan
SECTION II: IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES
Travel Vaccine Requirements and Recommendations	32	(16)
Stephen Toovey
Vaccine Administration: Technical Aspects	48	(52)
Gail Rosselot
Lynne Bunnell
SECTION III: TRAVELERS' VACCINES: STATE-OF-THE-ART
Yellow Fever Vaccine	100	(50)
Thomas P. Monath
Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B Vaccines	150	(12)
Jane N. Zuckerman
Typhoid and Cholera Vaccines	162	(23)
James D. Campbell
Myron M. Levine
Meningococcal Vaccine	185	(15)
Elaine C. Jong
Rabies Vaccine	200	(19)
Henry Wilde
Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine	219	(38)
Tom Solomon
BCG Vaccine and Tuberculosis Vaccines	257	(18)
Clydette Powell
ETEC and Enteric Vaccines	275	(23)
David R. Tribble
Thomas Larry Hale
David N. Taylor
Dengue Fever Vaccine	298	(13)
Scott B. Halstead
David W. Vaughn
Malaria Vaccine	311	(21)
Thomas L. Richie
Stephen L. Hoffman
SECTION IV: IMMUNIZATIONS FOR TARGETED POPULATIONS
Routine Immunizations for Pediatric Travelers: Travel Consideration	332	(21)
Karl Neumann
Sheila M. Mackell
American College Health Perspective: Routine and Travel Immunizations in College-Aged and Older Adults	353	(34)
Betty Anne Johnson
Travel Immunizations for Special Risk Groups: Pregnant and Immune Compromised	387	(22)
Tanya Schreibman
Frank J. Bia
Vaccine Safety: Surveillance of Adverse Reactions, Public Policy, Risk Management	409	(9)
Elizabeth D. Barnett
Vaccine Health Economics: Approach to Cost-Benefit Analysis	418	(12)
Jennifer A. Roberts
Punam Mangtani
Index	430