Main description:

This volume provides a modern look on the age-old influenza infection and the preventive role of anti-influenza shots. Influenza pandemic outbreaks are unrelenting despite the growing understanding of the molecular basis of viral infection and its spreads. A leap in medical technologies has revolutionized the design of new influenza vaccines. The chapters cover vaccination strategies in various age-groups of people and provide the extensive amount of knowledge on the immune response to influenza vaccination in a spectrum of disease conditions.

Contents:

Reactive oxygen species, granulocytes, and NETosis.
M. Arazna, M.P. Pruchniak, and U. Demkow

Immunizations against Respiratory Infections in Children in Primary Health Care in Poland: Coverage and Delays.
K. Miskiewicz, E. Kuchar, A. Nitsch-Osuch, K. Preisner, and L. Szenborn

Effectiveness of Immunoprophylaxis in Suppressing Carriage of Neisseria Meningitidis in the Military Environment.
K. Korzeniewski, A. Skoczynska, A. Guzek, M. Konior, A. Chcialowski, I. Wasko, M. Markowska, and E. Zwolinska.

Detection of Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses Carried out in the Influenza Project - Monitoring Vaccine Effectiveness (I-MOVE).
A. Wozniak-Kosek

Cytokines and Toll-like Receptors in the Immune Response to Influenza Vaccination.
A. Mastalerz-Migas, M. Pokorski, K. Kilis-Pstrusinska, K. Doskocz, B.J. Sapilak, and L.B. Brydak

Vaccination Status and Perception of Influenza Vaccination in the Polish Population.
A. Wozniak-Kosek, M. Mendrycka, A Saracen, J. Kosek, E. Hallmann-Szelinska B. Zielnik- Jurkiewicz, and B. Kempinska-Miroslawska

Immune Efficacy of First and Repeat Trivalent Influenza Vaccine in Healthy Subjects and Hemodialysis Patients.
A. Mastalerz-Migas, M. Bujnowska-Fedak, and L.B. Brydak

First-line Immunosuppressive Treatment in Children with Aplastic Anemia: Rabbit Antithymocyte GlobulinK. Pawelec, M. Salamonowicz, A. Panasiuk, U. Demkow, J. Kowalczyk, W. Balwierz , E. Zaleska-Czepko A. Chybicka, K. Szmyd, T. Szczepanski, H. Bubala, M. Wysocki, A. Kurylak, J. Wachowiak, D. Szpecht, W. Mlynarski, M. Bulas, M. Krawczuk-Rybak, E. Leszczynska, T. Urasinski, J. Peregud-Pogorzelski, A. Balcerska, B. Kaczorowska-Hac, and M. Matysiak