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.

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Vaccine

H1N1 vaccination card

Etiology

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

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

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

Poster for vaccination against smallpox

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

Vaccine development process

Vaccines under research

There are many vaccines that are being investigated including the following:

Viral vaccines under research

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

COVID-19 Sputnik V Vaccine Representation

Bacterial disease vaccines under research

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

Chagas disease vaccine
Hookworm vaccine
Leishmaniasis vaccine
Malaria vaccine
Onchocerciasis river blindness vaccine
Schistosomiasis vaccine
Trypanosomiasis vaccine

Non-infectious disease vaccines under research

Alzheimer's disease amyloid protein vaccine
Breast cancer vaccine
Ovarian cancer vaccine
Prostate cancer vaccine

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