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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vaccine

Health care; Vaccines

A product that produces immunity therefore protecting the body from the disease. Vaccines are administered through needle injections, by mouth and by aerosol.

convulsion

Health care; Vaccines

See Seizure.

vaccine adverse event reporting system (VAERS)

Health care; Vaccines

A database managed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration. VAERS provides a mechanism for the collection and analysis of adverse events associated with ...