Vaccines for Human Papillomavirus Infection and Anogenital Disease

An overview of current efforts to derive vaccines capable of preventing or curing infection by a number of immunologically distinct genotypes at a mucosal surface, or capable of killing human papillomavirus (HPV) infected epithelially-derived tumor cells. Topics covered by the authors include the immunobiology of HPV infection, anti-tumor immunotherapy for the treatment of cervical cancer, recombinant vaccinia virus-based vaccines, DNA vaccines, and other topics. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)