Vaccination
Category: Immunology | Vaccines
Vaccination
from Fabio Bagnoli and Rino Rappuoli writing in Vaccine Design: Innovative Approaches and Novel Strategies
Vaccination, together with the wider availability of potable water, has had the most profound positive effect on the quality of public health of any measure: during the past century, these products essentially eliminated most infectious diseases causing mortality in infants and children. Vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, pneumococcus, hepatitis B and meningitis (Haemophilus influenzae and serogroup C meningococcus) have reduced the incidence and mortality of these diseases by > 97-99% (Fabio Bagnoli and Rino Rappuoli). Nevertheless, perception of vaccines in the public opinion is not completely positive. Many people are still skeptical about the real need of vaccines. This behavior has been particularly evident during the influenza A (H1N1) pandemic in 2009.
Further reading: Vaccine Design: Innovative Approaches and Novel Strategies
from Fabio Bagnoli and Rino Rappuoli writing in Vaccine Design: Innovative Approaches and Novel Strategies
Vaccination, together with the wider availability of potable water, has had the most profound positive effect on the quality of public health of any measure: during the past century, these products essentially eliminated most infectious diseases causing mortality in infants and children. Vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, pneumococcus, hepatitis B and meningitis (Haemophilus influenzae and serogroup C meningococcus) have reduced the incidence and mortality of these diseases by > 97-99% (Fabio Bagnoli and Rino Rappuoli). Nevertheless, perception of vaccines in the public opinion is not completely positive. Many people are still skeptical about the real need of vaccines. This behavior has been particularly evident during the influenza A (H1N1) pandemic in 2009.
Further reading: Vaccine Design: Innovative Approaches and Novel Strategies