Plotkin’s Vaccines: The Comprehensive Guide to Vaccination and Disease Prevention

Authored by renowned expert Walter Orenstein, the 8th edition of Plotkin’s Vaccines offers a thorough understanding of vaccination, covering the latest evidence, recommendations, and protocols in the field. This award-winning text provides reliable information from global authorities, making it an indispensable guide for healthcare professionals and researchers.

New Developments and Updates in Vaccination

This revised edition includes new chapters on COVID-19, vaccine hesitancy, and non-specific effects of vaccines. It also features significantly revised content on emerging vaccine technologies, such as mRNA vaccines, and innovative approaches to improve immunization.

Comprehensive Coverage of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

Plotkin’s Vaccines provides in-depth information on each disease, including clinical characteristics, microbiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, epidemiology, and public health and regulatory issues. The text covers:

• Dengue vaccines
• Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines
• Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines
• Tuberculosis vaccines
• Zoster vaccines

Vaccine Development, Production, and Safety

The text offers authoritative information on vaccine production, available preparations, efficacy and safety, and recommendations for vaccine use, along with rationales and data on the impact of vaccination programs on morbidity and mortality.

Vaccine Science and Global Regulatory Issues

Plotkin’s Vaccines examines vaccine-preventable diseases, vaccine science, and licensed vaccine products, as well as product technologies and global regulatory and public health issues. It also analyzes the cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness of different vaccine options.

With an abundance of tables and figures, this comprehensive resource helps healthcare professionals and researchers clearly visualize concepts and objective data, making it an essential tool for staying up-to-date with the latest developments in vaccination and disease prevention.

Published by Elsevier Health Sciences, December 21, 2022. Language: English. ISBN: 9780323790581, 9780323790598.