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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hepatitis A

Health care; Vaccines

A minor viral disease, that usually does not persist in the blood; transmitted through ingestion of contaminated food or water.

hepatitis B

Health care; Vaccines

A viral disease transmitted by infected blood or blood products, or through unprotected sex with someone who is infected.

hepatitis C

Health care; Vaccines

is a liver disease caused by the Hepatitis C virus (HCV), which is found in the blood of persons who have the disease. HCV is spread by contact with the blood of an infected person.

hepatitis D

Health care; Vaccines

is a defective virus that needs the hepatitis B virus to exist. Hepatitis D virus (HDV) is found in the blood of persons infected with the virus.

Hepatitis E

Health care; Vaccines

is a virus (HEV) transmitted in much the same way as hepatitis A virus. Hepatitis E, however, does not often occur in the United States.

Vaccine Safety Datalink Project (VSD)

Health care; Vaccines

In order to increase knowledge about vaccine adverse events, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have formed partnerships with eight large Health Management Organizations (HMOs) to ...

instructions for use

Biotechnology; Biochemistry

"a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it" Essential Requirements - Medical Device Directive 93/42/EEC - Annex I, 13.1: Each device must be ...