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The first vaccine is the virus cowpox (the latin word for cow is vacca, hence vaccine). It produces a very mild and harmless infection in people but protects them from smallpox, one of the most deadly diseases in history.
Today, smallpox has been eradicated from the wild due to a worldwide effort to vaccinate enough people to wipe it out.
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∙ 15y agoThe first vaccination was produced in 1796 by Edward Jenner. He was a country Doctor Who heard that milkmaids didn't get smallpox, but they did catch the much milder cowpox. Jenner investigated this theory and found it to be true. He tested his theory in 1796. He took a young boy and injected him with pus from the sores of a milkmaid with cowpox. Jenner then injected him with smallpox, the young boy didn't catch the disease. This was called vaccination after the latin word for cow, vacca.
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Are you immune to Influenza after you have had it?
You are not immune to Influenza. Even getting the yearly flu vaccine is no guarantee that a person won't get the flu. You can get the flu but it won't be as bad as it could be if you hadn't received the flu vaccine.
Why is vaccine developed for influenza but not for rhinovirus?
Because the rhinovirus (which is one virus that causes the common cold) mutates and changes its structure extremely frequently as do the other viruses that cause the common cold, such as Coronaviruses, and any of the others of hundreds of viruses that cause colds. While influenza strains also mutate, it is not as quickly as cold viruses that almost constantly are mutating, resulting in several dozen active viruses in any one locality. In addition, influenza has proven reasonably easy to grow in labs for study and for vaccine production, while cultivating rhinoviruses has proven very difficult.
What is the causative organism of seasonal influenza?
The common cold is an upper respiratory tract infection of viral origin, usually caused by a rhinovirus (up to 40% of colds), or by Coronaviruses (about 20%). These are the more common viruses, but there are more than 200 different viruses (some say as many as 700) that can cause the common cold. There are a huge number of different viruses from a number of different viral 'families' that cause cold symptoms. This is the main reason there is no vaccine for the common cold - there are simply too many different viruses to develop vaccines specific to each virus, and before a vaccine can be developed for a new viral mutation, it can mutate again.
How many chromosomes does influenza?
Influenza has a segmented genome made up of single-stranded RNA molecules. It has a total of 8 segments of RNA, which are considered as its "chromosomes".
Which type of vaccine is made from a living microbe with reduced virulence?
Dormant
Did Jonas salk invent the vaccine for influenza?
No, Jonas Salk was not the only one that made a polio vaccine. Dr. Albert Sabin made one a few years after in 1963.
What is la iv vaccines?
Live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) is a type of influenza vaccine in the form of a nasal spray that used to be recommended to prevent influenza.
Which vaccine is sometimes given intranasally?
influenza vaccine
Name a disease-causing virus for which there is a vaccination?
(1) Afluria (Pro) influenza virus vaccine, inactivated10(2) Fluarix Quadrivalent influenza virus vaccine, inactivated(3) Flublok Quadrivalent influenza virus vaccine, inactivated(4) Fluvirin (Pro) influenza virus vaccine, inactivated(5) Engerix-B hepatitis b adult vaccine(6) Flublok (Pro) influenza virus vaccine, inactivated(7)Zostavax (Pro) zoster vaccine live(8) Gardasil 9 (Pro) human papillomavirus vaccine(9) Flucelvax Quadrivalent influenza virus vaccine, inactivated(10) Shingrix (Pro) zoster vaccine, inactivated(13) FluMist (Pro) influenza virus vaccine, live, trivalent(12) Fluzone (Pro) influenza virus vaccine, inactivated
What is the vaccine if the rat bit you?
influenza
Who worked with Jonas salk?
The inventor of one of the forms of the Polio vaccine, Dr. Salk was born in New York City and died 1995 due to heart failure.
What is the cpt code for influenza vaccine intramuscular?
One code is 90471. There is a 2nd code for the actual influenza vaccine, but we need to know the age of the patient.
Who found the vaccine for influenza?
Dr. Rosenow in 1918
Is equine influenza vaccine intramuscular or intravenous?
Intramuscular.
What is procedure code 90658?
Influenza vaccine, intramuscular
How often should an adult patient with a history of heart failure receive Trivalent influenza vaccine?
Adults should get seasonal influenza vaccine annually.
Can a patient positive for influenza receive the flu vaccine?
Vaccination is only a preventative measure, it will not cure influenza.
