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  • Thumbnail for Hepatitis B vaccine
    Hepatitis B vaccine is a vaccine that prevents hepatitis B. The first dose is recommended within 24 hours of birth with either two or three more doses...
    57 KB (5,192 words) - 01:54, 16 July 2024
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    Tetanus vaccine, also known as tetanus toxoid (TT), is a toxoid vaccine used to prevent tetanus. During childhood, five doses are recommended, with a...
    26 KB (2,660 words) - 18:04, 20 August 2024
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    The DPT vaccine or DTP vaccine is a class of combination vaccines to protect against three infectious diseases in humans: diphtheria, pertussis (whooping...
    72 KB (6,058 words) - 13:43, 5 August 2024
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    The MMR vaccine is a vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles), abbreviated as MMR. The first dose is generally given to children around...
    54 KB (5,061 words) - 19:06, 1 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hepatitis A and B vaccine
    Combined hepatitis A and B vaccine, is used to provide protection against hepatitis A and hepatitis B. It is given by injection into muscle. It is used...
    11 KB (852 words) - 21:39, 20 December 2023
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    Rubella vaccine (standalone vaccine) Measles and rubella combined vaccine (MR vaccine) Measles, mumps and rubella combined vaccine (MMR vaccine) Measles...
    21 KB (1,942 words) - 18:40, 6 July 2024
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    Measles vaccine (standalone vaccine) Measles and rubella combined vaccine (MR vaccine) Mumps, measles and rubella combined vaccine (MMR vaccine) Mumps...
    48 KB (4,383 words) - 18:24, 21 August 2024
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    Polio vaccines are vaccines used to prevent poliomyelitis (polio). Two types are used: an inactivated poliovirus given by injection (IPV) and a weakened...
    109 KB (10,519 words) - 21:03, 3 September 2024
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    Pertussis vaccine is a vaccine that protects against whooping cough (pertussis). There are two main types: whole-cell vaccines and acellular vaccines. The...
    31 KB (3,046 words) - 19:18, 6 July 2024
  • investigation into vaccines and autism has shown that there is no relationship between the two, causal or otherwise, and that vaccine ingredients do not...
    26 KB (2,722 words) - 16:52, 15 May 2024
  • A COVID‑19 vaccine is a vaccine intended to provide acquired immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that...
    200 KB (22,829 words) - 14:01, 4 September 2024
  • The MMRV vaccine is a combination vaccine which combines the attenuated virus measles, mumps, rubella (German measles), and varicella (chickenpox). The...
    24 KB (1,754 words) - 06:07, 14 July 2024
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    The Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine, also known as Hib vaccine, is a vaccine used to prevent Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) infection. In countries...
    25 KB (2,668 words) - 10:56, 6 August 2024
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    Typhoid vaccines are vaccines that prevent typhoid fever. Several types are widely available: typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV), Ty21a (a live oral vaccine) and...
    10 KB (855 words) - 04:51, 8 February 2024
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    A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious or malignant disease. The safety and effectiveness...
    140 KB (14,477 words) - 09:43, 4 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Conjugate vaccine
    A conjugate vaccine is a type of subunit vaccine which combines a weak antigen with a strong antigen as a carrier so that the immune system has a stronger...
    10 KB (1,108 words) - 13:43, 27 May 2024
  • A pentavalent vaccine combines five vaccines into one dose. Pentavalent vaccines include: DTwP-HepB-Hib vaccine, used by UNICEF in low/middle income countries...
    350 bytes (85 words) - 20:19, 10 October 2023
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    An mRNA vaccine is a type of vaccine that uses a copy of a molecule called messenger RNA (mRNA) to produce an immune response. The vaccine delivers molecules...
    77 KB (7,879 words) - 16:49, 14 July 2024
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    papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are vaccines that prevent infection by certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV). Available HPV vaccines protect against either...
    181 KB (17,279 words) - 01:38, 1 September 2024
  • Claims of a link between the MMR vaccine and autism have been extensively investigated and found to be false. The link was first suggested in the early...
    69 KB (7,507 words) - 19:37, 29 August 2024
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