Vaccine-preventable disease
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)A vaccine-preventable disease is an
infectious disease for which an effective preventive vaccine exists.[1][2] If a person acquires a vaccine-preventable disease and dies from it, the death is considered a vaccine-preventable death.[citation needed
]
The most common and serious vaccine-preventable diseases tracked by the
poliomyelitis, rubella, tetanus, tuberculosis, and yellow fever.[3] The WHO reports licensed vaccines being available to prevent, or contribute to the prevention and control of, 31 vaccine-preventable infections.[4]
Background
In 2012, the
The Immunization Surveillance, Assessment and Monitoring program of the WHO monitors and assesses the safety and effectiveness of programs and vaccines at reducing
Vaccine-preventable deaths are usually caused by a failure to obtain the vaccine in a timely manner. This may be due to financial constraints or to lack of access to the vaccine. A vaccine that is generally recommended may be
allergies or a damaged immune system. In addition, a vaccine against a given disease may not be recommended for general use in a given country, or may be recommended only to certain populations, such as young children or older adults. Every country makes its own immunization recommendations, based on the diseases that are common in its area and its healthcare priorities. If a vaccine-preventable disease is uncommon in a country, then residents of that country are unlikely to receive a vaccine against it. For example, residents of Canada and the United States do not routinely receive vaccines against yellow fever, which leaves them vulnerable to infection if travelling to areas where risk of yellow fever is highest (endemic or transitional regions).[6][7]
List of vaccine-preventable diseases
The
WHO lists 25 diseases for which vaccines are available:[8]
- Cholera
- Covid-19
- Dengue fever
- Diphtheria
- Haemophilus influenzae type b
- Hepatitis
- Human papillomavirus infection
- Influenza
- Japanese encephalitis
- Malaria
- Measles
- Meningitis
- Mumps
- Pneumococcal disease
- Pertussis
- Poliomyelitis
- Rabies
- Rotavirus
- Rubella
- Tetanus
- Tick-borne encephalitis
- Tuberculosis
- Typhoid fever
- Varicella
- Yellow fever
Used in non humans
- Bordetella
- Canine distemper
- Canine influenza
- Canine parvovirus
- Chlamydia
- Feline calicivirus
- Feline distemper
- Feline leukemia
- Feline viral rhinotracheitis
- Leptospirosis
- Lyme disease
Vaccine-preventable diseases demonstrated in the laboratory on other animals
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- Enterococcus gallinarum on mice (to prevent bacteria-triggered autoimmune disease)[9][10]
See also
References
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- ^ "Fast Facts on Global Immunization". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 20 April 2023. Archived from the original on 25 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ a b c "WHO | Vaccine-preventable diseases". Archived from the original on July 7, 2005.
- ^ a b "Global Vaccine Action Plan". www.who.int. Archived from the original on 2017-12-19. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ^ "Immunization Surveillance, Assessment and Monitoring". Archived from the original on July 7, 2005. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
- ^ "Canadian Immunization Guide: Part 4. Immunizing agents". www.canada.ca. 2021-03-25. Archived from the original on 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ^ "Vaccine-Preventable Diseases - Yellow Fever". vaccineinformation.org. Archived from the original on 2017-07-07. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
- ^ "Vaccine-preventable Diseases". www.who.int. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ Wein, Harrison (2018-03-26). "Gut microbe drives autoimmunity". National Institutes of Health (NIH). Archived from the original on 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
- ^ Kashef, Ziba (2018-03-08). "The enemy within: Gut bacteria drive autoimmune disease". YaleNews. Archived from the original on 2020-09-27. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
External links
- Media related to Vaccine-preventable diseases at Wikimedia Commons