invasive meningococcal disease Rabab Z Jafri1‚ Asad Ali1*‚ Nancy E Messonnier2‚ Carol Tevi-Benissan3‚ David Durrheim4‚5‚ Juhani Eskola6‚ Florence Fermon7‚ Keith P Klugman8‚9‚ Mary Ramsay10‚ Samba Sow11‚12‚ Shao Zhujun13‚ Zulfiqar A Bhutta1 and Jon Abramson14 Abstract Neisseria meningitidis is one of the leading causes of bacterial meningitis globally and can also cause sepsis‚ pneumonia‚ and other manifestations. In countries with high endemic rates‚ the disease burden places an immense
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300‚000 women die each year from cervical cancer‚ 70% of which are caused by the sexually transmitted disease‚ HPV (Lee 1). How can we solve this overwhelming problem? Miraculously‚ the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first vaccine to prevent cervical cancer (Ballaro 1). Some believe that the newly approved vaccine should be widely spread as a means of eliminating this deadly disease‚ while others think it was solely generated for a pharmaceutical firm rather than to promote public
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Hepatitis B Vaccine Summary The hepatitis B virus is a serious infection that affects the liver. Hepatitis B can cause acute (short-term) illness‚ more common among adults‚ which can lead to symptoms such as; loss of appetite‚ tiredness‚ diarrhea‚ vomiting‚ jaundice (yellowing of the skin and eyes)‚ or pain in muscles‚ joints‚ and stomach (CDC‚ 2012). Some people go on to develop chronic (long-term) infection leading to liver damage (cirrhosis)‚ liver cancer‚ and death. Hepatitis B is spread through
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The Truth about the HPV Vaccine Melody Tripp EN 200A College Composition Craig CasterlineWarner Pacific College October 7‚ 2014 Abstract Being a parent of a preteen is a hard adventure all by itself. When you go into a pediatric office for an 11-year-well-child-checkup‚ there are many vaccinations that are now required for children entering middle schools. One of the vaccinations in this series is optional. This vaccination is to protect our children against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
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advanced compared to twenty years ago. More vaccines are given today than in the past. Due to the fact that they’re more vaccines given today and with higher doses‚ many people‚ especially parents question if vaccinating their child is even safe. Others‚ on the other hand‚ believed that vaccines should be mandatory to be given to a child. There’s a variety of types of vaccines out there that doctors believe children should have‚ but should all vaccines be given out. Should parents have a say in what
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Vaccines according to the CDC (2009) are a disease causing agent that aids the human body in gaining immunity to fight off a specific infectious disease. These vaccinations are usually administered to young children in a serious of treatments over a prescribed period of time so that they can eventually become fully immunized. In the United States children are required by law to receive vaccinations. Disease that children have to receive vaccination against include. Polio‚ Varicella‚ Mumps and Rubella
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Lethal Injection: A study of influenza vaccines Every fall season we hear the question; did you get your flu shot yet? It is supposed to protect you from that nasty flu virus that circulates our communities during the fall and winter months. But‚ did you know that in 2011 the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Adverse Event Reporting Systems Website (AERS) reported 51 deaths caused by the flu vaccine in the United States (U.S.) (CDC‚2012). According to National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC)‚ as of
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world contagious diseases like these spread quickly especially in crowded‚ dirty‚ cities. Children were especially vulnerable. Records from the 16th century as many‚ 30% of all children died before the age of 15‚ likely from dysentery‚ scarlet fever‚ whooping cough‚ Influenza‚ Smallpox‚ and pneumonia. (Public Health) However‚ today in most all around the world vaccines are required to prevent any diseases from spreading‚ with today’s laws all children are required to have their vaccines up to date to
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Do Vaccines really cause Autism? The myth that vaccines causes autism began in 1998 when a study wrongly linked autism with vaccines‚ the author of this claim lost his medical license‚ but the idea was still strong. In fact vaccines don’t cause autism‚ but in reality they help to develop immunities to many viruses‚ and to stop the spread of them too. How this myth did is still so popular? The answer is easy and it’s that many parents are scared that their children may get autism‚ so they prefer
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She concluded that the overall effectiveness of the HPV vaccine was high. Professor Lynette Denny says that parents should take their children for the HPV vaccine because it makes them so much less likely to develop cervical cancer and the other HPV related cancers. She stressed the fact that it increases boys herd immunity (an indirect form of protection from an infectious disease). Professor Anna –Lise Williamson and Dr Elna Ruddolph both agree with Denny. They believe
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