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  • Chapter 55 - Viral Vaccines

  • from Section 5 - Patient Management
  • Tim Wreghitt, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Goura Kudesia, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
  • Book:
    Clinical and Diagnostic Virology
    Published online:
    11 April 2024
    Print publication:
    18 April 2024, pp 274-281

  • Summary

    This chapter provides details of the different kinds of vaccines available (live, attenuated, killed, inactivated, recombinant, subunit, mRNA, DNA and vector) for virus infections (e.g. SARS-CoV-2, HAV, HBV, influenzaviruses, JEE, measlesvirus, mumpsvirus, rubellavirus, HPV, rabies, polio, rotavirus, smallpox, mpox, yellow fever virus) in humans. It details the routes of administration and usage (e.g. pre-exposure or post-exposure, childhood, occupational health, travel and for at-risk groups).

  • Chapter 18 - Mumps Virus

  • from Section 1 - Individual Viruses
  • Tim Wreghitt, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Goura Kudesia, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
  • Book:
    Clinical and Diagnostic Virology
    Published online:
    11 April 2024
    Print publication:
    18 April 2024, pp 94-96

  • Summary

    This chapter details the epidemiology, route of spread, prevalence, incubation period and at-risk groups relating to mumps virus. It gives information on symptoms, laboratory diagnosis, treatment, prophylaxis and infection control.