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Record Nr.

UNINA9910483320003321

Titolo

Vaccines : a clinical overview and practical guide / / Joseph Domachowske, Manika Suryadevara, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

3-030-58414-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 494 p.)

Disciplina

618.92

Soggetti

Pediatrics

Immunology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

The Immune Response to Infection -- Passive Immunization -- Active Immunization -- Vaccine Additives and Excipients -- The Process and Timeline to Develop a New Vaccine -- Adenovirus -- Anthrax -- Cholera -- Dengue -- Diphtheria -- Ebola -- Haemophilus Influenzae Type B -- Hepatitis A -- Hepatitis B -- Human Papillomavirus -- Influenza -- Japanese Encephalitis -- Measles -- Meningococcus -- Mumps -- Pertussis -- Plague -- Pneumococcus -- Polio -- Rabies -- Rotavirus -- Rubella -- Smallpox -- Tetanus -- Tickborne Encephalitis -- Tuberculosis -- Typhoid Fever -- Varicella and Shingles -- Yellow Fever -- Combination Vaccines -- Vaccine Preventable Disease Outbreaks -- Vaccine Mandates -- Vaccine Confidence and Vaccine Hesitancy -- Communicating with Parents About Vaccines.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is designed to provide easy-to-read and basic information about vaccines for those undertaking a vaccine course or for medical providers seeking to improve their skills. Written by expert medical educators in the areas of infectious diseases, medical microbiology, and pediatrics, this book begins by establishing the fundamentals of vaccines such as what constitutes a vaccine, how they are manufactured and composed, how they are tested for safety and efficacy, and how vaccine recommendations are developed and conveyed to health care providers and their patients. The book then explains the composition, safety profile, effectiveness, and current



recommendations for use of every available vaccine, alphabetized by infection. The concluding section illuminates practical concerns every vaccinating clinician experiences, including vaccine confidence and hesitancy, misconceptions, and patient communication. Vaccines: A Clinical Overview and Practical Guide is an excellent learning tool for all students and providers administering vaccines to patients, including infectious disease specialists and other internal medicine subspecialists, pediatricians, geriatricians, as well as all other primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physician’s assistants, and nurses.