Influenza vaccines for the future / Rino Rappuoli, Giuseppe Del Giudice, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rappuoli, Rino.

Del Giudice, Giuseppe, Dr.

Series:

Birkhäuser advances in infectious diseases

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Influenza vaccines.

Influenza viruses.

Influenza Vaccines--therapeutic use.

Influenza A virus--immunology.

Influenza B virus--immunology.

Influenza, Human.

Medical Subjects:

Influenza Vaccines--therapeutic use.

Influenza A virus--immunology.

Influenza B virus--immunology.

Influenza, Human.

Physical Description:

viii, 299 pages : illustrations (partly color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, [2008]

Summary:

The threat constituted by the multiple outbreaks of avian influenza during the last few years is urgently calling for the development of new influenza vaccines. Fortunately, a quantum leap in technology has revolutionized the study of influenza and the engineering of new vaccine strains by reverse genetics. This volume provides a historical background and state-of-the-art information about the recent advances in the biology of influenza and the design of new influenza vaccines.

Contents:

Influenza virus: The biology of a changing virus / Samira Mubareka, Peter Palese 9

Influenza vaccines have a short but illustrious history / John Oxford, Robert Lambkin-Williams, Anthony Gilbert 31

The epidemiology of influenza and its control / Lone Simonsen, Cecile Viboud, Robert J. Taylor, Mark A. Miller 65

Influenza and influenza vaccination in children / Kathryn M. Edwards 95

The immune response to influenza A viruses / Justine D. Mintern, Carole Guillonneau, Stephen J. Turner, Peter C. Doherty 113

Correlates of protection against influenza / Emanuele Montomoli 139

The role of animal models in influenza vaccine research / Catherine J. Luke, Kanta Subbarao 161

Live attenuated influenza vaccine / Harry Greenberg, George Kemble 203

MF59: A safe and potent oil in water emulsion adjuvant for influenza vaccines, which induces enhanced protection against virus challenge / Derek T. O'Hagan, Audino Podda 221

Non-recent history of influenza pandemics, vaccines and adjuvants / Maria Lattanzi 245

Waiting for a pandemic / Rino Rappuoli, Giuseppe Del Giudice 261

Modeling influenza pandemic and interventions / Caterina Rizzo, Marta Luisa Ciofi degli Atti 281.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783764383701

3764383704

9783764383718

3764383712

OCLC:

226976546