Green Book: Chapter
... The virus is usually transmitted by the faecal–oral route through person-toperson spread or contaminated food or drink. Foodborne outbreaks have been reported following ingestion of certain shellfish (bivalve molluscs such as mussels, oysters and clams that feed by filtering large volumes of sewagep ...
... The virus is usually transmitted by the faecal–oral route through person-toperson spread or contaminated food or drink. Foodborne outbreaks have been reported following ingestion of certain shellfish (bivalve molluscs such as mussels, oysters and clams that feed by filtering large volumes of sewagep ...
Heat: Session 1 - The Open University
... often referred to as pathogens, which means ‘disease-causing organisms’. We will use both terms in this Module. ...
... often referred to as pathogens, which means ‘disease-causing organisms’. We will use both terms in this Module. ...
Rabies Virus and Other Lyssavirus (including Australian Bat
... Bat handlers, veterinarians, wildlife officers, and others who come into direct contact with bats; laboratory personnel working with live lyssaviruses Expatriates and travellers (following a risk assessment) who will be spending time in rabiesenzootic areas People working with mammals in rabie ...
... Bat handlers, veterinarians, wildlife officers, and others who come into direct contact with bats; laboratory personnel working with live lyssaviruses Expatriates and travellers (following a risk assessment) who will be spending time in rabiesenzootic areas People working with mammals in rabie ...
Chlamydial Type III Secretion System Needle Protein Induces
... membrane proteins (Pmps), both of which elicit antibody and cell-mediated protective immune responses, are widely studied as potent vaccine candidates. However, the antigenic variation in MOMP and Pmps suggests that evaluation of conserved proteins as vaccine candidates could be valuable, as this st ...
... membrane proteins (Pmps), both of which elicit antibody and cell-mediated protective immune responses, are widely studied as potent vaccine candidates. However, the antigenic variation in MOMP and Pmps suggests that evaluation of conserved proteins as vaccine candidates could be valuable, as this st ...
Communicable Disease Control Chapter I – Management of Specific Diseases Measles June 2014
... System)/ Panorama or PARIS. Public health action, including contact management, may commence at any level of the case definition, including for a suspect case. Inform the local Medical Health Officer and initiate control measures immediately. All categories of the surveillance case definition below ...
... System)/ Panorama or PARIS. Public health action, including contact management, may commence at any level of the case definition, including for a suspect case. Inform the local Medical Health Officer and initiate control measures immediately. All categories of the surveillance case definition below ...
TABLE OF CONTENTS - BC Centre for Disease Control
... System)/ Panorama or PARIS. Public health action, including contact management, may commence at any level of the case definition, including for a suspect case. Inform the local Medical Health Officer and initiate control measures immediately. All categories of the surveillance case definition below ...
... System)/ Panorama or PARIS. Public health action, including contact management, may commence at any level of the case definition, including for a suspect case. Inform the local Medical Health Officer and initiate control measures immediately. All categories of the surveillance case definition below ...
Disease in History - Smallpox history and its control in India
... Routine vaccination of healthcare workers was discontinued in the U.S. in 1976, and among military recruits in 1990. Military members deploying to the Middle East and Korea still receive the vaccination. By 1986, routine vaccination had ceased in all countries. It is now primarily recommended ...
... Routine vaccination of healthcare workers was discontinued in the U.S. in 1976, and among military recruits in 1990. Military members deploying to the Middle East and Korea still receive the vaccination. By 1986, routine vaccination had ceased in all countries. It is now primarily recommended ...
MEASLES FAQs - Amazon Web Services
... A: Measles is an acute viral respiratory illness. It is characterized by a prodrome of fever (as high as 105°F) and malaise, cough, coryza, and conjunctivitis -the three “C”s -, a pathognomonic enanthema (Koplik spots) followed by a maculopapular rash (see pictures of rash HERE). The rash usually ap ...
... A: Measles is an acute viral respiratory illness. It is characterized by a prodrome of fever (as high as 105°F) and malaise, cough, coryza, and conjunctivitis -the three “C”s -, a pathognomonic enanthema (Koplik spots) followed by a maculopapular rash (see pictures of rash HERE). The rash usually ap ...
Influenza vaccines
... for primary medical care/vaccination providers). Dosage and administration The preferred route of administration for influenza vaccines is by intramuscular injection; however, they may also be given by the subcutaneous route. The recommended vaccine dose volume varies by age and the number of vaccin ...
... for primary medical care/vaccination providers). Dosage and administration The preferred route of administration for influenza vaccines is by intramuscular injection; however, they may also be given by the subcutaneous route. The recommended vaccine dose volume varies by age and the number of vaccin ...
Vaccines
... Public complacency is dangerous to any vaccine program • “Viral diseases are a thing of the past” • “Polio is long gone” • “I never get the flu” • “Measles is just a trivial kid’s disease” • “Chicken pox only affects kids” • “Kids should get infected naturally” • “I’m not injecting anything into my ...
... Public complacency is dangerous to any vaccine program • “Viral diseases are a thing of the past” • “Polio is long gone” • “I never get the flu” • “Measles is just a trivial kid’s disease” • “Chicken pox only affects kids” • “Kids should get infected naturally” • “I’m not injecting anything into my ...
pertussis (whooping cough) faq - Utah County Immunization Coalition
... A: Yes. Getting the pertussis vaccine as a child or getting sick with pertussis doesn’t provide lifelong protection. A person can still get pertussis and pass it to others. Pertussis vaccines typically offer high levels of protection within the first 2 years of getting vaccinated. Protection decreas ...
... A: Yes. Getting the pertussis vaccine as a child or getting sick with pertussis doesn’t provide lifelong protection. A person can still get pertussis and pass it to others. Pertussis vaccines typically offer high levels of protection within the first 2 years of getting vaccinated. Protection decreas ...
Hepatitis A Vaccine Recommendations
... and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics have been implementing an incremental hepatitis A immunization strategy for children. In 1996, children living in populations with the highest rates of disease were targeted for immunization, and in 1999 the program was expanded to immunization o ...
... and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics have been implementing an incremental hepatitis A immunization strategy for children. In 1996, children living in populations with the highest rates of disease were targeted for immunization, and in 1999 the program was expanded to immunization o ...
Influenza and Children with Asthma
... Pediatrics (AAP) and other experts strongly recommend annual influenza vaccine for children with asthma based on available evidence taken as a whole and clinical experience. As part of its long-standing commitment to maximizing vaccination rates in at-risk persons, the National Foundation for Infect ...
... Pediatrics (AAP) and other experts strongly recommend annual influenza vaccine for children with asthma based on available evidence taken as a whole and clinical experience. As part of its long-standing commitment to maximizing vaccination rates in at-risk persons, the National Foundation for Infect ...
Imogam® Rabies – HT
... Rabies is a viral infection transmitted in the saliva of infected mammals. Both dog and bat saliva exposures appear to be major contributors (see below) with or without apparent bites. The virus enters the central nervous system of the host, causing an encephalomyelitis that is fatal. After the mark ...
... Rabies is a viral infection transmitted in the saliva of infected mammals. Both dog and bat saliva exposures appear to be major contributors (see below) with or without apparent bites. The virus enters the central nervous system of the host, causing an encephalomyelitis that is fatal. After the mark ...
P Prevention and treatment of pinkeye can be frustrating
... O’Connor says, make sure your hands are clean before you touch the eyes of the next animal.“Or you will be the fly, the spreader!” she warns. Cases of pinkeye caught in early stages respond well to treatment, but even eyes that are badly ulcerated and blind will recover. Two things are important in ...
... O’Connor says, make sure your hands are clean before you touch the eyes of the next animal.“Or you will be the fly, the spreader!” she warns. Cases of pinkeye caught in early stages respond well to treatment, but even eyes that are badly ulcerated and blind will recover. Two things are important in ...
Rabies Immune Globulin (Human) USP Imogam Rabies – HT
... Rabies is a viral infection transmitted in the saliva of infected mammals. Both dog and bat saliva exposures appear to be major contributors (see below) with or without apparent bites. The virus enters the central nervous system of the host, causing an encephalomyelitis that is fatal. After the mark ...
... Rabies is a viral infection transmitted in the saliva of infected mammals. Both dog and bat saliva exposures appear to be major contributors (see below) with or without apparent bites. The virus enters the central nervous system of the host, causing an encephalomyelitis that is fatal. After the mark ...
Powerpoint - Silver Cross EMS System
... low of 37 in 2004 to a high of 668 in 2014. The majority of cases have been among people who are not vaccinated against measles. Measles cases in the United States occur as a result of importations by people who were infected while in other countries and from transmission that may occur from those i ...
... low of 37 in 2004 to a high of 668 in 2014. The majority of cases have been among people who are not vaccinated against measles. Measles cases in the United States occur as a result of importations by people who were infected while in other countries and from transmission that may occur from those i ...
Vaccinia (Smallpox) Vaccine
... Symptoms of smallpox begin 12–14 days (range: 7–17) after exposure, starting with a 2–3 day prodrome of high fever, malaise, and prostration with severe headache and backache. This preeruptive stage is followed by the appearance of a maculopapular rash (i.e., eruptive stage) that progresses to papul ...
... Symptoms of smallpox begin 12–14 days (range: 7–17) after exposure, starting with a 2–3 day prodrome of high fever, malaise, and prostration with severe headache and backache. This preeruptive stage is followed by the appearance of a maculopapular rash (i.e., eruptive stage) that progresses to papul ...
Australian Immunisation Handbook, 8th Edition Part 3: Vaccines
... Therapeutic Goods Administration. The only licensed US vaccine, 'AVA', produced by Bioport Corporation in Lansing, Michigan, has been well described. It is prepared from a cell-free filtrate of a cultured toxigenic strain of B. anthracis adsorbed on to aluminium hydroxide as an adjuvant.5,6 ...
... Therapeutic Goods Administration. The only licensed US vaccine, 'AVA', produced by Bioport Corporation in Lansing, Michigan, has been well described. It is prepared from a cell-free filtrate of a cultured toxigenic strain of B. anthracis adsorbed on to aluminium hydroxide as an adjuvant.5,6 ...
Appendix 3.7 - WHO archives
... Meningitis, while not at the top of this band, falls into a different category to most of the others as its epidemiology in many parts of the less-developed world is not known in sufficient detail. For most of the viral forms (other than for mumps, measles and varicella) there are no vaccines nor ar ...
... Meningitis, while not at the top of this band, falls into a different category to most of the others as its epidemiology in many parts of the less-developed world is not known in sufficient detail. For most of the viral forms (other than for mumps, measles and varicella) there are no vaccines nor ar ...
FMD vaccines and their use in vaccination programmes: theory and practice
... – Whatever the origin of the vaccine used in a FMD control programme, the veterinary authority is responsible for vaccine quality (primary vaccine failure). ...
... – Whatever the origin of the vaccine used in a FMD control programme, the veterinary authority is responsible for vaccine quality (primary vaccine failure). ...
15. Current vaccines and tehir use in the design of vaccination programmes: Theory and practice
... – Whatever the origin of the vaccine used in a FMD control programme, the veterinary authority is responsible for vaccine quality (primary vaccine failure). ...
... – Whatever the origin of the vaccine used in a FMD control programme, the veterinary authority is responsible for vaccine quality (primary vaccine failure). ...
hepatitis A - Department of Health
... MSM with multiple sexual partners need to be informed about the risks of hepatitis A, and about the need to maintain high standards of personal hygiene. Immunisation should be offered to such individuals, particularly during periods when outbreaks are occurring. Injecting drug users Hepatitis A immu ...
... MSM with multiple sexual partners need to be informed about the risks of hepatitis A, and about the need to maintain high standards of personal hygiene. Immunisation should be offered to such individuals, particularly during periods when outbreaks are occurring. Injecting drug users Hepatitis A immu ...
Med Mol Para
... • LACK antigen (Leishmania homologue of receptor for activated C kinase). • LEISH-F1+MPL-SE Vaccine (Second generation vaccine) was in clinical trial for its safety and immunogenicity (2011). Presently under clinical development. • Infectious Disease Research Institute launched two phase-1 clinical ...
... • LACK antigen (Leishmania homologue of receptor for activated C kinase). • LEISH-F1+MPL-SE Vaccine (Second generation vaccine) was in clinical trial for its safety and immunogenicity (2011). Presently under clinical development. • Infectious Disease Research Institute launched two phase-1 clinical ...
Poliomyelitis vaccines for Australians - fact sheet
... The World Health Organization (WHO) has been committed to the eradication of polio since 1988 and polio cases have decreased by over 99% since that time.10 Eradication targets were set for 2005 and again in 2010 and most recently the WHO announced the Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan 201 ...
... The World Health Organization (WHO) has been committed to the eradication of polio since 1988 and polio cases have decreased by over 99% since that time.10 Eradication targets were set for 2005 and again in 2010 and most recently the WHO announced the Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan 201 ...