Combination Vaccines: Development, Clinical Research, and Approval 1999 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Pediatric Combination Vaccines, Emmanuel Vidor, Agnes Hoffenbach, and Stanley Plotkin. Combination Vaccines in Adolescents and Adults, Peter A. Gross. Pharmaceutical Aspects of Combination Vaccines, Dennis M. Katkocin and Chia-Lung Hsieh. Pediatric Combination Vaccines: Clinical Issues, Peter R. Paradiso and Robert Kohberger. Immunological Correlates for Efficacy of Combination Vaccines, Ronald W. Ellis. Influenza Vaccines, Bert E. Johansson. Vaccines Against Streptococcus pneumoniae, Kenneth R. Brown and Francis M. Ricci. Rotavirus Vaccines, Paul A. Offit and H. Fred Clark. Combined Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccines, Maurice R. Hilleman. Combination Vaccines: Regulatory Considerations for Developers, John R. Vose. Testing and Licensure of Combination Vaccines for the Prevention of Infectious Diseases, Lydia A. Falk, Karen Midthun, Loris D. McVittie, and Karen L. Goldenthal. Issues for Health Practitioners in the Use of Combination Vaccines, Kathryn M. Edwards and Michael D. Decker. Index. Publisher Marketing: The use of combination vaccines, the combining of multiple vaccines into a single vaccine administration, is becoming a major trend in preventive medicine. This volume illuminates the scientific, clinical, regulatory, and health care issues involved in their research, development, and use in man. The book aims to create a better understanding of these issues of the challenges and utility of combination vaccines.