Vaccination
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<languages /><translate> Vaccination is the process of administering weakened or dead pathogens called vaccine to a healthy person, with the intent of conferring immunity against a targeted form of a related disease agent.
Etiology[edit | edit source]
- The term was coined by Edward Jenner and adapted by Louis Pasteur for his pioneering work in vaccination.
- Vaccination (Latin: vacca—cow) is so named because the first vaccine was derived from a virus affecting cows: the cowpox virus, a relatively benign virus that provides a degree of immunity to smallpox, a contagious and deadly disease.
- In common speech, 'vaccination' and 'immunization' generally have the same colloquial meaning.
- Vaccination efforts were initially met with some resistance before early success brought widespread acceptance and mass vaccination campaigns were undertaken.
Success of vaccination programs[edit | edit source]
- The eradication of smallpox, which was last seen in a natural case in 1977, is considered the most spectacular success of vaccination.
- Some people assert that childhood vaccination plays a role in autoimmune disease and autism, though large-scale scientific studies have not shown any link.
List of diseases with vaccines[edit | edit source]
Viruses with vaccines: Dengue virus, Ebolavirus, H1N1 virus, Hantavirus, Hepatitis A virus, Hepatitis B virus, Hepatitis E virus, Human papillomavirus, Influenza virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, Measles virus, Mumps virus, Polio virus, Rabies virus, Rotavirus, Rubella virus, Tick-borne, encephalitis virus, Varicella zoster virus, Variola virus, Yellow fever virus
Bacterial diseases with vaccines: Bacillus anthracis, Bordetella pertussis, Brucella abortus, Clostridium tetani, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Coxiella burnetii, Haemophilus influenzae type B, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Neisseria meningitidis, Salmonella Typhi, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Vibrio cholerae
Vaccines under research[edit | edit source]
There are many vaccines that are being investigated including the following:
Viral vaccines under research[edit | edit source]
- Adenovirus vaccine
- COVID-19 vaccine
- Coxsackie B virus vaccine
- Cytomegalovirus vaccine
- Chikungunya vaccine
- Eastern Equine encephalitis virus vaccine for humans[6]
- Enterovirus 71 vaccine
- Epstein–Barr vaccine
- H5N1 vaccine
- Hepatitis C vaccine
- HIV vaccine
- HTLV-1 T-lymphotropic leukemia vaccine for humans
- Marburg virus disease vaccine
- MERS vaccine
- Norovirus vaccine
- Respiratory syncytial virus vaccine
- SARS vaccine
- West Nile virus vaccine for humans
- Zika fever vaccine
Bacterial disease vaccines under research[edit | edit source]
- Caries vaccine
- Gonorrhea vaccine
- Ehrlichiosis vaccine
- Leprosy vaccine
- Lyme disease vaccine
- Staphylococcus aureus vaccine
- Streptococcus pyogenes vaccine
- Syphilis vaccine
- Tularemia vaccine
- Yersinia pestis vaccine
Parasitic disease vaccines under research[edit | edit source]
- Chagas disease vaccine
- Hookworm vaccine
- Leishmaniasis vaccine
- Malaria vaccine
- Onchocerciasis river blindness vaccine
- Schistosomiasis vaccine
- Trypanosomiasis vaccine
Non-infectious disease vaccines under research[edit | edit source]
- Alzheimer's disease amyloid protein vaccine
- Breast cancer vaccine
- Ovarian cancer vaccine
- Prostate cancer vaccine
See also[edit | edit source]
- Child immunization
- Adult vaccinations
- Cancer vaccines
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