Vaccines and VPDs

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  1. 2. Viral infection causing swollen salivary glands
  2. 5. The act of stopping something before it happens
  3. 6. A common flu symptom involving high body temperature
  4. 8. Tool used to inject most vaccines
  5. 9. Also known as German measles; dangerous during pregnancy
  6. 11. Time of year when flu cases typically rise
  7. 12. Common mild side effect after vaccination
  8. 14. A substance that stimulates immunity to a disease
  9. 15. Virus that causes chickenpox
  10. 17. Describes diseases that are easily spread
  11. 18. Combination vaccine for measles, mumps, and rubella
  12. 19. Another respiratory virus that flu vaccines don't cover (abbreviation)
  13. 20. Global health organization (abbreviation)
  14. 21. Common term for a vaccine injection
  15. 23. The process of becoming protected from a disease
  16. 24. Method used to give vaccines like rotavirus
  17. 26. Protection against a disease, often from vaccination
  18. 28. Another GSK flu vaccine, quadrivalent
  19. 31. A version of a virus, like H1N1 or H3N2
  20. 36. MMR vaccine for measles, mumps, and rubella
  21. 38. Meningococcal B vaccine
  22. 41. Mild response after vaccination, like a sore arm
  23. 42. Capable of spreading from person to person
  24. 43. Booster dose vaccine for tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis
  25. 44. Components in vaccines that trigger immune response
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  1. 1. Recommended timeline for giving vaccines to children
  2. 3. Vaccine for shingles; not pediatric but an important GSK vaccine
  3. 4. Oral vaccine that protects against rotavirus
  4. 6. Seasonal influenza vaccine
  5. 7. GSK's DTaP vaccine for diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis
  6. 10. Vaccine that prevents pneumonia, ear infections, and meningitis
  7. 13. Sudden outbreak of a disease in a community
  8. 15. Microscopic pathogen that causes diseases like the flu
  9. 16. Virus responsible for the seasonal flu
  10. 22. Community protection when enough people are vaccinated
  11. 25. Hepatitis B vaccine
  12. 27. Common cause of severe diarrhea in infants; oral vaccine
  13. 29. Proteins made by the immune system to fight infections
  14. 30. Vaccine that protects against Haemophilus influenzae type b
  15. 32. Virus that can cause paralysis; targeted for global eradication
  16. 33. Liver infection preventable by vaccine shortly after birth
  17. 34. HPV vaccine (used in some regions, now largely replaced by other brands)
  18. 35. Hepatitis A vaccine
  19. 37. Highly contagious viral disease with rash and fever
  20. 39. Additional vaccine dose to maintain immunity
  21. 40. A face covering that helps reduce transmission
  22. 44. Widely debunked myth falsely linking it to vaccines