Not just flu vaccine.
I received in the mail today an advertisement for a new book entitled "Mucosal Immunology". It is published by Academic Press. One of the chapters is called "Mucosal Vaccines. The topics covered in the chapter are:
Mucosal Vaccines: An overview
Antigen delivery systems I- Nonliving (Microparticles, Liposomes, ISCOMS, etc
Antigen delivery systems II-Living (Recombinant Bacteria, Viruses)
Antigen delivery systems III-Transgenic Plants
DNA Vaccines for Mucosal Immunity
Mucosal Adjuvants
Systemic and Mucosal Respiratory Immunity Against Military Relevant Pathogens by Oral Immunization
Enteric Bacterial Vaccines, Salmonella, Shigella, Cholera, E. coli
Enteric Viral Vaccines
Respiratory Bacterial Vaccines (Hemophilus Influenzae, Streptoccus p[neumoniae, Bordetella pertussis, etc)
Respiratory Viral Vaccines (Influenza, Parainfluenza, RSV, etc)
Mucosal Vaccines for Dental Diseases
Mucosal Vaccines for Parasitic Diseases
The point of this is that this technology will eventually cover a much wide application than just a flu shot. I will try to find the book and wade through some of the material. The book's list price is $199 so I won't be ordering it. |
