Vaccines For Dummies. Sharon Perkins

Vaccines For Dummies®

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      ISBN 978-1-119-78781-5 (pbk); ISBN 978-1-119-78782-2 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-119-78783-9 (ebk)

      Vaccines For Dummies®

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      Table of Contents

      1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright

      4  Introduction About This Book Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here

      5  Part 1: Getting Started with Vaccine Basics Chapter 1: Focusing on Vaccine Fundamentals Realizing the Crucial Role of Vaccines Explaining How a Vaccine Works Comparing Viruses, Bacteria, and Toxins Studying COVID-19 Vaccine Development Understanding the Importance of Vaccine Schedules Preparing for Potential Vaccine Side Effects Optimizing Your Immune Response Chapter 2: The (Non) Life of a Virus Looking Inside Your Average Virus Investigating Influenza Viruses Examining Enteroviruses (Including Rhinoviruses) Knowing About Norovirus Understanding HIV Trying to Say Goodbye to Measles Checking Out the Cause of Chicken Pox: Varicella Fighting Ebola Surveying Variola (Smallpox) Chapter 3: The Crowned Virus: Coronavirus Identifying the Coronavirus in Humans Combatting the Common Cold Coronavirus Surveying SARS and MERS COVID-19: The Novel (and Specially Confounding) Coronavirus Chapter 4: Bacterial Bad Guys Understanding What Makes Bacteria Different from Viruses Digging into Vaccines That Defuse Bacteria Comparing