Vacinnes
This book, presenting both pro and con opinions on vaccines, traces the history of vaccines, from descriptions of the early use of vaccines in Asia to the breakthrough in vaccines in the twentieth century to today's challenges of creating vaccines against bioterrorism agents.
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| Language: | English |
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Detroit, MI
Thomson Gale
2007
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| Series: | History of drugs
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| Call Number : | med QW 805 .V333 2007 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The first generation of vaccines. The earliest inoculations took place in Asia / D.P. Agrawal and Lalit Tiwari
- Eradicating the scourge of smallpox / Edward Jenner
- The fight against rabies / Louis Pasteur
- The search for a tuberculosis vaccine / Frank M. Collins
- Vaccines against cholera and plague / Edythe Lutzker and Carol Jochnowitz
- 2. The second generation of vaccines. The competition to develop an oral polio vaccine / Bernard Seytre and Mary Shaffer
- The successful search for a measles vaccine / Thomas H. Weller and Frederick C. Robbins
- The godfather of the modern vaccine era / Huntley Collins
- Breakthrough vaccines against hepatitis A and B / Margie Patlak
- 3. The search for new vaccines. New approaches in the search for an HIV vaccine / Patricia Kahn
- The rush to develop an avian flu vaccine / Erika Check
- New vaccinations against tobacco and cocaine addictions / Shannon Klie
- The challenge of creating vaccines against bioterrorism agents / The National Academy of Sciences
- The nasal spray vaccine for influenza is approved / Nancy Ross-Flanigan
- 4. Recent controversies over vaccines. The anthrax vaccine is safe / The National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine
- The military's anthrax vaccine is not safe / Bob Evans
- The government allowed unsafe amounts of mercury in childhood vaccines / Andrea Rock
- The government did not allow unsafe levels of mercury in childhood vaccines / The U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- The controversial vaccine for cervical cancer / Janet Guyon
- Setbacks plague the U.S. flu vaccine program / Sabin Russell
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