Vaccines

Vaccines

Terms that relate to biological agents to the body that improves immunity to a particular desease. Vaccines contain a weaker version of the microbe so that it is easier to handle and further recognize by the host's immune system.

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shingles

Health care; Vaccines

See herpes zoster.

bacteria

Health care; Vaccines

Tiny one-celled organisms present throughout the environment that require a microscope to be seen. While not all bacteria are harmful, some cause disease. Examples of bacterial disease include ...

side effect

Health care; Vaccines

Undesirable reaction resulting from immunization.

bias

Health care; Vaccines

Flaws in the collection, analysis or interpretation of research data that lead to incorrect conclusions.

smallpox

Health care; Vaccines

An acute, highly infectious, often fatal disease caused by a poxvirus and characterized by high fever and aches with subsequent widespread eruption of pimples that blister, produce pus, and form ...