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At the turn of the twenty-first century, the United States contended with a state-run biological warfare program, bioterrorism, and a pandemic. Together, these threats spurred large-scale government demand for new vaccines, but few have materialized. A new anthrax vaccine has been a priority since t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hoyt, Kendall, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Vaccination > United States.
Vaccines > Government policy > United States.
Biological weapons > Safety measures > Government policy > United States.
Vaccines > United States > History.
Biological weapons > United States.
Security systems > United States.
History, 20th Century
Vaccines > history
Biological Warfare Agents
Security Measures
Vaccination > États-Unis.
Vaccins > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Armes biologiques > Sécurité > Mesures > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Vaccins > États-Unis > Histoire.
Armes biologiques > États-Unis.
Systèmes de sécurité > États-Unis.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
MEDICAL > Epidemiology.
MEDICAL > Health Risk Assessment.
HISTORY > Military > Biological & Chemical Warfare.
Biological weapons
Security systems
Vaccination
Vaccines
Vaccines > Government policy
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Disease, security, and vaccines
  • Historical patterns of vaccine innovation
  • Vaccine development during World War II
  • Wartime legacies
  • The end of an era
  • Biodefense in the 21st century
  • The search for sustainable solutions.

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