Immunization

Foreword; Preface; List of abbreviations; Section 1: Introduction to Immunization and Vaccines: 1. History of immunization; 2. Timescale of vaccine introduction in the UK; 3. Immunology, immunization and vaccine development; 4. Transmission of infection; 5. Infectivity and exclusion period of infections; 6. Immunization in practice; 7. Expanded programme on immunization; 8. Viral and bacterial vaccines; 9. Special precautions for all vaccines; 10. Special precautions for live vaccines; 11. The cold chain and vaccine storage; 12. Treating anaphylaxis; 13. Vaccine damage payment scheme; 14. Information sheet for parents; Section 2: The UK Childhood Immunization Vaccines: 15. Diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis combined and diphtheria/tetanus combined; 16. Diphtheria; 17. Tetanus; 18. Pertussis; 19. Haemophilus influenzae b; 20. Poliomyelitis; 21. Measles/mumps/rubella combined vaccine; 22. Measles; 23. Mumps; 24. Rubella; 25. Tuberculosis; Section 3: The Other Vaccines: 26. Anthrax; 27. Cholera; 28. Hepatitis A; 29. Hepatitis B; 30. Hepatitis A and B combined vaccine; 31. Influenza; 32. Japanese B encephalitis; 33. Menigococcal A and C; 34. Plague; 35. Pneumococcal infection; 36. Rabies; 37. Tick-borne encephalitis; 38. Typhoid; 39. Varicella; 40. Yellow fever; Section 4: Practical Information: 41. Immunization fees and the UK GP; 42. Immunization and audit; 43. Electronic recall systems for completion of immunization; 44. The practice nurse and immunization; 45. Practice nurse: pre-vaccination check list; 46. Manufacturers and other useful addresses/telephone numbers; Section 5: Travel Health: 47. Introduction; 48. Travel clinics; 49. Advice to travellers; 50. Legal aspects of advice for travellers; 51. Specimen immunization exemption certificate; 52. Air travel; 53. Tunnel travel; 54. High altitude sickness; 55. Motion sickness; 56. Travellers at risk; The woman traveller; The child traveller; Travellers with pre-existing health problems: the elderly with heart disease with respiratory disease the asplenic patient the diabetic traveller the disabled traveller the HIV-positive and AIDS traveller the pregnant traveller; 57. The returned traveller Skin rashes Malaria The hepatites Typhoid Rickettsial infections Arboviral infections Brucellosis Legionnaire's disease African Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) American Trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) Leptospirosis Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis) Plague Viral haemorrhagic fevers Amoebic liver abscess Tuberculosis Filariases Leishmaniases Schistosomiasis (Bilharziasis) HIV infection and AIDS Travellers' diarrhoea Helicobacter pylori infection 58. Malaria; 59. Charging the NHS patient traveller for immunization; 60. Notifiable diseases; 61. Reciprocal health care agreement between the UK and other non-EEA countries; 62. Sources of travel information; 63. Embassies and High Commissions in London; 64. World travel advice checklist; 65. Travel vaccines administration summary; Index