Vaccine Vocabulary

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  1. 1. infection is a viral infection that commonly causes skin or mucous membrane growths (warts)
  2. 5. causes fever, cough, runny nose, and red, watery eyes, commonly followed by a rash that covers the whole body.
  3. 7. inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord or a severe blood infections
  4. 9. a combination immunizing agent used to protect against infections caused by diphtheria, tetanus (lockjaw), and pertussis (whooping cough)
  5. 10. B (Hep B), an infection of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus
  6. 11. preventable liver infection caused by the __________
  7. 13. diseais se caused by poliovirus in almost everyone (99 out of 100) who has received all the recommended doses
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  1. 2. bacteria that cause pneumococcal disease. There are three pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV13, PCV15, and PCV20).
  2. 3. a bacterial illness that can lead to a potentially deadly brain infection in young children
  3. 4. tetanus and pertussis (DTaP)
  4. 6. inflammation in the stomach and intestines. It can cause severe diarrhea, vomiting, fever, belly pain, and dehydration in infants, young children, and some adults.
  5. 8. an illness caused by the varicella-zoster virus. It brings on an itchy rash with small, fluid-filled blisters.
  6. 12. against the four most common flu virus strains that are predicted to be circulating—two influenza A strains and two influenza B strains