Vaccines : a biography / Andrew W. Artenstein, editor.

New York ; London : Springer, [2010], ©2010.

xxi, 401 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm

Vaccinology in context : the historical burden of infectious diseases / Andrew W. Artenstein -- Smallpox / Andrew W. Artenstein -- A brief history of microbiology and immunology / Steven M. Opal -- Anthrax / Peter C.B. Turnbull -- Rabies / Hervé Bourhy, Annick Perrot, and Jean-Marc Cavaillon -- Killed vaccines : cholera, typhoid, and plague / Charles C.J. Carpenter and Richard B. Hornick -- Toxoid vaccines / John D. Grabenstein -- Tuberculosis and BCG / Marina Gheorghiu, Micheline Lagranderie, and Anne-Marie Balazuc -- The discovery of viruses and the evolution of vaccinology / Nicholas C. Artenstein and Andrew W. Artenstein -- Yellow fever / Thomas P. Monath -- Influenza / Andrew W. Artenstein -- Polio / David Oshinsky -- Measles, mumps, and rubella / Kathleen M. Gallagher ... [et al.] -- Diseases of military importance / Alan Cross and Phil Russell -- Varicella and zoster / Anne A. Gershon -- Polysaccharide vaccines / Andrew W. Artenstein -- Hepatitis B / Baruch S. Blumberg -- Japanese encephalitis / Scott B. Halstead -- Hepatitis A / Leonard N. Binn and Stanley M. Lemon -- Rotavirus / Penelope H. Dennehy -- Human papillomaviruses / Ian H. Frazer -- The future of vaccine discovery and development / Adel Mahmoud.

Includes bibliographical references and index.