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• Vaccination — Injection of a killed microbe in order to stimulate the immune system against the microbe, thereby preventing disease. Vaccinations, or immunizations, work by stimulating the immune system, the natural disease fighting system of the body. The… …   Medical dictionary

• Vaccination, DPT — DPT immunization protects from diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus and is given in a series of 5 shots at 2, 4, 6, 18 months of age and 4 6 years of age. Thanks to vaccination programs, these diseases have become less common.… …   Medical dictionary

• Vaccination, DTaP — Like DPT, DTaP protects from diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus. DTaP is the same as DTP, except that it contains only acellular pertussis vaccine which is thought to cause fewer of the minor reactions associated with immunization …   Medical dictionary

• Australian Vaccination Network — Abbreviation AVN Formation 1994 Type Pressure group Purpose/focus anti vaccination campaigning[1] …   Wikipedia

• Pertussis — Classification and external resources A young boy coughing due to pertussis. ICD 10 A37 …   Wikipedia

• Coqueluche — Classification internationale des maladies CIM 10 : A37 La coqueluche est une infection respiratoire bactérienne peu ou pas fébrile de l arbre respiratoire inférieur, mais d évolution longue et hautement contagieuse. Deux bactéries du genre des… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Vaccine controversies — James Gillray, The Cow Pock or the Wonderful Effects of the New Inoculation! (1802) A vaccine controversy is a dispute over the morality, ethics, effectiveness, or safety of vaccinations. Medical and scientific evidence surrounding vaccinations… …   Wikipedia

• Vaccine controversy — A vaccine controversy is a dispute over the morality, ethics, effectiveness, or safety of vaccination. Medical opinion is that the benefits of preventing suffering and death from infectious diseases greatly outweigh the risks of adverse effects… …   Wikipedia

• Bordetella pertussis — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Bordetella pertussis image width = 240px image caption = regnum = Bacteria phylum = Proteobacteria classis = Beta Proteobacteria ordo = Burkholderiales familia = Alcaligenaceae genus = Bordetella species = B.… …   Wikipedia

• infectious disease — Introduction       in medicine, a process caused by a microorganism that impairs a person s health. An infection, by contrast, is the invasion of and replication in the body by any of various microbial agents including bacteria, viruses (virus),… …   Universalium

• respiratory disease — ▪ human disease Introduction  any of the diseases and disorders that affect human respiration (respiration, human).  Diseases of the respiratory system may affect any of the structures and organs that have to do with breathing, including the… …   Universalium