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Green book

The Green Book is a publicly available document on immunisation against infectious disease, which charts the history of immunisation and immunisation advice over the years since this kind of preventative treatment was first used in 1786. This edition was published in 1996, the bicentennial year of Edward Jenner's world-changing discovery.

Immunisation against infectious disease - the Green Book

Published: 21/12/2006

This new edition (2006) presents latest information on vaccines and vaccination procedures for all the vaccine preventable infectious diseases that may occur in the UK. In particular it deals with those immunisations that comprise the routine immunisation programme for all children from birth to adolescence.

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