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A vaccine is a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease.
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| x Hepatitis A vaccine | Maurice Hilleman |
Hepatitis A Vaccine, (brand names include Havrix or Avaxim), is a vaccine against the Hepatitis A virus. The vaccine protects against the virus in more than 95% of cases and provides protection from the virus for at least ten years. The vaccine...
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| x Hepatitis B vaccine | Maurice Hilleman |
Hepatitis B vaccine is a vaccine developed for the prevention of hepatitis B virus infection. The vaccine contains one of the viral envelope proteins, hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). A course of three (3) vaccine injections are given with the...
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| x Hib vaccine |
Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine (Hib vaccine or PRP vaccine) is a conjugate vaccine developed for the prevention of invasive disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b bacteria. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has...
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| x MMR vaccine |
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Maurice Hilleman |
The MMR vaccine is a mixture of three live attenuated viruses, administered via injection for immunization against measles, mumps and rubella (also called German measles). It is generally administered to children around the age of one year, with a...
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| x Polio vaccine |
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Jonas Salk | Poliomyelitis |
Two polio vaccines are used throughout the world to combat poliomyelitis (or polio). The first was developed by Jonas Salk and first tested in 1952. Announced to the world by Salk on April 12, 1955, it consists of an injected dose of inactivated ...
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| x Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine |
Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV), is a vaccine used to prevent Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) infections such as pneumonia and septicaemia. Pneumovax 23, manufactured by Merck, is the currently licensed PPSV. PPSV is not the same...
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| x Varicella vaccine |
The varicella vaccine is a live (attenuated) vaccine that protects against the viral disease commonly known as chickenpox.
Chickenpox is most often a mild disease, especially for children. Prior to the introduction of vaccine in 1995 in the US ...
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| x HPV vaccine |
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is a vaccine that prevents infection with certain species of human papillomavirus associated with the development of cervical cancer, genital warts, and some less common cancers. Two HPV vaccines are currently on...
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| x ProQuad vaccine | Maurice Hilleman |
The MMRV vaccine combines the attenuated virus MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine with the addition of chickenpox vaccine. The MMRV vaccine is typically given to children between 1 and 2 years of age.
Several companies supply MMRV vaccines....
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| x Flu vaccine |
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The influenza vaccine is an annual vaccine to protect against the highly variable influenza virus. Each injected seasonal influenza vaccine contains three influenza viruses: one A (H3N2) virus, one regular seasonal A (H1N1) virus (not the 2009...
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| x DPT vaccine |
DPT (also DTP and DTwP) refers to a class of combination vaccines against three infectious diseases in humans: diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus. The vaccine components include diphtheria and tetanus toxoids, and killed whole cells...
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| x Meningococcal Vaccine | ||||
| x Caries vaccine |
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A caries vaccine is a vaccine to prevent and protect against tooth decay.
Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) has been identified as the major etiological agent of human dental caries.
Several types of vaccines are being developed at research centers....
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| x MVA85A | Tuberculosis |
MVA85A (modified vaccinia Ankara 85A) is a new-generation vaccine against tuberculosis developed by researchers at Oxford University. This vaccine produces higher levels of long-lasting cellular immunity when used together with the old TB vaccine...
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| x RBCG30 | Tuberculosis |
rBCG30 (recombinant Bacillus Calmette-Guérin 30) is a prospective vaccine against tuberculosis created by a team headed by Marcus A. Horwitz at UCLA. It is a live vaccine, consisting of BCG genetically modified to produce abundant amounts of a 30kDa...
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| x 72F fusion protein | Tuberculosis |
72F fusion protein is a candidate tuberculosis vaccine created by Statens Serum Institut (SSI). The 72F fusion protein is composed of the Rv0125 and Rv1196 proteins derived from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Phase I clinical trials were completed in...
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| x Plague vaccine | Bubonic plague |
Plague vaccine is a vaccine used against Yersinia pestis.
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| x Bacillus Calmette-Guérin |
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Albert Calmette | Tuberculosis |
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (or Bacille Calmette-Guérin, BCG) is a vaccine against tuberculosis that is prepared from a strain of the attenuated (weakened) live bovine tuberculosis bacillus, Mycobacterium bovis, that has lost its virulence in humans by...
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| Camille Guérin | ||||
