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Mass Vaccination: Global Aspects - Progress and Obstacles (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)
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Mass Vaccination: Global Aspects - Progress and Obstacles (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 304
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Mass immunization is the blitzkrieg of vaccination practice. It
serves to rapidly protect populations, both because of the high
coverage achieved and because of the herd immunity thereby induced.
However, as in war, mass immunization campaigns must be conducted
intelligently, with careful strategy and strong attention to
logistics of supply and deployment. If conducted badly, mass
immunization may fail or even be counter-productive. In this
volume, some of the most successful practitioners of mass im-
nization tell us about its art and science. David Heymann and Bruce
Aylward of WHO begin the book with a theoretical and practical
overview of mass immunization. Michael Lane, who participated in
the successful effort to eradicate smallpox relates how this was
done using mass vaccination and other strategies. Application of
mass immunization by the US military is c- ered by John Grabenstein
and Remington Nevin, who have a large experience in these matters.
Karen Noakes and David Salisbury recount the striking s- cesses of
mass immunization in the United Kingdom. The global control of the
clostridia that produce diphtheria toxin is described by Charles
Vitek. Hepa- tis A is decreasing dramatically under the impact of
large-scale vaccination, as Francis Andre illustrates. The French
experience with Hepatitis B vac- nation has been mixed, and
Francois Denis and Daniel Levy-Bruhl explain the circumstances.
In?uenza vaccination is an annual example of large-scale campaigns,
the complexity of which is recounted by Benjamin Schwartz and
Pascale Wortley.
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