Vaccines have benefitted human beings since more than two centuries. The pathway in the development of effective vaccines was neither neat nor direct. Since Jenner's Era, many issues like funding, manufacturing, safety and deep rooted fears in the minds of people due to these agents- have frequently reappeared and have often dominated vaccine policies. The book highlights the history of vaccine development, some definitions in vaccinology, protection of recipient by vaccines, various methods of preparing vaccines, trials, availability of different vaccines, techniques of their storage &...

COVID-19 is one of the deadliest Pandemic in the history. The virus was first identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019. WHO declared it to be a Pandemic on 11th March, 2020. As no specific treatment is available for this disease, it is important to know the various characteristics of the virus & how infection can be avoided. The virus is to be studied in detail for taking appropriate preventive measures. The book describes lessons learnt from Pandemics, COVID-19 management, prevention & control. Vaccine trial, Genome Sequencing & variants of COVID-19 are also included. Due to Pandemic, the...