Publisher's Synopsis
The British Paediatric Association's Standing Committee on Immunization and Vaccination initiated this handbook because of concern about the continuing morbidity of childhood infectious disease and the unsatisfactory uptake of immunization in the United Kingdom.;The authors, all with special interests or experience in childhood infections and immunization, provide authoritative summaries of the important childhood infections and give simple practical advice on current immunization and treatment.;While the text is appropriate reading for paediatricians, it is aimed particularly at the general practitioners, clinical medical officers and nurses who see these infections at first hand and carry out most childhood immunization. Medical and nursing students and those studying for the DCH and DCCH should also find it useful.
