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Author Offit, Paul A., author.

Title Vaccinated : one man's quest to defeat the world's deadliest diseases from cowpox to mRNA, the remarkable story of vaccines / Paul Offit, M.D.

Publication Info. New York : Harper Perennial, 2022.
©2007

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  614.47 OFFIT    Check Shelf
Edition First Harper Perennial edition.
Description xxv, 254 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Note "With a new foreword by the author"--Cover.
Contents The time capsule -- "My God: this is the pandemic. It's here!" -- Jeryl Lynn -- Eight doors -- The destroying angel -- Coughs, colds, cancers, and chickens -- The monster maker -- Political science -- Blood -- Animalcules -- An uncertain future -- Unrecognized genius.
Summary A biography of the late immunologist follows his tireless quest to eradicate disease, discussing the history of the field of immunology, current controversy about the link between vaccines and autism, and Hilleman's success in developing the first mumps vaccine.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (207-241) and index.
Subject Hilleman, Maurice Ralph, 1919-2005.
Immunologists -- United States -- Biography.
Vaccines -- Research -- United States -- History.
Virology -- Research -- United States -- History.
Hilleman, Maurice Ralph, 1919-2005. (OCoLC)fst01662565
Immunologists. (OCoLC)fst00968005
Vaccines -- Research. (OCoLC)fst01163584
Virology -- Research. (OCoLC)fst01167675
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Biographies.
Cover Title Vaccinated : from cowpox to mRNA, the remarkable story of vaccines
ISBN 9780063157613
0063157616
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