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Influenza Vaccines for the Future
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Description for Influenza Vaccines for the Future
Hardback. This volume not only provides state-of-the-art information on the biology of influenza viruses and on influenza vaccines, but it is also designed to be a resource to face the present H1N1 pandemic and to plan for long term global and sustainable solutions. Series: Birkhauser Advances in Infectious Diseases. Num Pages: 460 pages, 40 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations, 25 black & white tables, 1 colou. BIC Classification: MBN; MJL; MMFM; MMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 802.
The emergence of H5N1 avian influenza in 1997 and of the influenza A H1N1 of swine origin in 2009 calls for new, rapid and sustainable solutions for both seasonal and pandemic influenza viruses. During the last ten years, science and technology have made enormous progress, and we are now able to monitor in real time the genetics of viruses while they spread globally, to make more powerful vaccines using novel adjuvants, and to generate viruses in the laboratory using reverse genetics. This volume not only provides state-of-the-art information on the biology of influenza viruses and on influenza vaccines, but is ... Read more
The emergence of H5N1 avian influenza in 1997 and of the influenza A H1N1 of swine origin in 2009 calls for new, rapid and sustainable solutions for both seasonal and pandemic influenza viruses. During the last ten years, science and technology have made enormous progress, and we are now able to monitor in real time the genetics of viruses while they spread globally, to make more powerful vaccines using novel adjuvants, and to generate viruses in the laboratory using reverse genetics. This volume not only provides state-of-the-art information on the biology of influenza viruses and on influenza vaccines, but is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
460
Condition
New
Series
Birkhauser Advances in Infectious Diseases
Number of Pages
446
Place of Publication
Basel, Switzerland
ISBN
9783034602785
SKU
V9783034602785
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99-15
Reviews for Influenza Vaccines for the Future
From the reviews of the second edition: “What the book delivered was a curious juxtaposition of historical perspective alongside a modern commercial approach: from what went wrong in the swine flu vaccination incident of 1976 in the USA, to which companies are using M2 protein conjugates. … This type of information is quite hard to glean from the academic ... Read more