Overview
- 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)
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.
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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