Mass Vaccination
Subtitle: Global Aspects - Progress and Obstacles (Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: October 5, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9783540293828
Subjects: Public health & preventive medicine; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Medical / Immunology; aerosol vaccination; annual influenza; congenital birth defects; contagious outbreaks; diphtheria; hepatitis A; hepatitis B; measles; pandemic influenza; poliomyelitis; Immunology; Disease Outbreaks; Mass Immunization; Vaccines; organization & administration; prevention & control
First sentence: Ever since the practice of variolation was used to prevent serious smallpox infection in China and India sometime about A.D. 1000 [1], vaccination of populations at risk of infectious diseases has remained a challenge.