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AEFI - -Adverse event following immunization: any untoward medical
occurrence which follows immunization and does not have a causal
relationship with the usage of the vaccine.
-anaphylaxis - -rare allergic reaction (one in a million vaccinees),
unexpected, and can be fatal if not dealt with adequately.
-Antibodies - -Specialized proteins that aid in destroying infectious agents
-Antigens - -Foreign material that invades the body
-common side effects from a vaccine - -discomfort at injection site, fatigue,
and fever
-Diseases that have been eradicated - -rinderpest, smallpox
-herd immunity - -when # of immunized people in population reaches
threshold
-Herd immunity threshold - -% of population that needs to have immunity to
prevent spread of a disease
-how do you treat anaphylaxis? - -using adrenaline
-Immunocompromised patients - -do not have the normal ability to fight off
disease
-inactivated vaccines - -use the killed version of the germ that causes a
disease.
-intradermal injection - -administers the vaccine in the topmost layer of the
skin.
-intramuscular injection - -administers the vaccine into the muscle mass
-intranasal spray application - -offers a needle free approach through the
nasal mucosa of the vaccine
-Live attenuated vaccines - -use a weakened (or attenuated) form of the
germ that causes a disease.
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