Third Edition
by Myron M. Levine et al

Updated to reflect the wide spectrum of economic, regulatory, financial, ethical, and political issues impacting vaccinology in industrialized and developing nations, the Third Edition pinpoints relevant breakthroughs, trends, and advances that are altering the fields of vaccinology and immunization science—highlighting the most influential developments in vaccine safety, regulation, manufacture, and utilization, as well as clinical trials standardization and monitoring.

Devoting more than 40 chapters to disease-specific vaccines, this reference tracks the technologies, experimental studies, and international programs that will revolutionize and transform the world of vaccinology in the 21st century.

Features:

• Provides new chapters and updated discussions on adjuvants, live vector vaccines, and potential vaccines for chronic infections and bioterrorism attacks
• Examines the emergence and research objectives of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization
• Compares vaccination practices in industrialized and developing countries and identifies differences in administration methods and schedules, manufacture sites, and formulations and combinations of vaccine antigens
• Describes possible strategies to develop vaccines against Alzheimer’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis, insulin-dependant diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and various forms of cancer
• Considers mucosal, transcutaneous, and needle-free immunization devices and methods

New Generation Vaccines is a must-have guide for all immunologists, infectious disease specialists, microbiologists, virologists, biotechnologists, biochemists, vaccinologists, epidemiologists, regulatory and public health officials, and graduate and medical students in these disciplines.

Contents

1. Introduction To Vaccinology
2. Regulatory Issues
3. Eradication & Elimination Programs
4. Basic Molecular Immunology
5. Adjuvants, Immunopotentiation and Non-Living Antigen Delivery Systems
6. Live Vector Vaccines
7. Improving DNA Vaccines
8. Non-Parenteral Delivery of Vaccines & Combination Vaccines

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