Measles and Poliomyelitis

Elimination of measles and poliomyelitis diseases from the globe is a priority goal of the World Health Organization. In this volume, researchers provide a state-of-the-art treatment of these two important viral diseases. The book offers a wide range of new findings and references on the latest advances regarding measles and poliomyelitis: global and molecular genetic epidemiology, characteristics and diseases surveillance; available vaccines and research to produce safer and more potent biotechnology vaccines; immunization programmes; immunity to infections and immunogenicity of vaccines; virus genome organization and antigenic structures related to vaccine characteristics; and the need of global co-operation, using all available resources, vaccines and strategies to achieve the global control of the diseases. The volume addresses mainly all public health professionals concerned with measles and poliomyelities control.