Childhood immunizations are given to all children in the United States. have greatly reduced the incidence of fatal childhood illnesses. have completely eliminated serious childhood illnesses. cannot be given for diphtheria.
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6. Many infections can be prevented by vaccination. However, people who are immunocompromised cannot safely receive "live-attenuated" vaccines, but they do benefit from "component vaccines" and from "herd immunity." a. How are live-attenuated vaccines different from component vaccines? (4 points) b. In what circumstances are live-attenuated superior to component vaccines? Inferior? (4 points) c. Why are component vaccines safe for immunocompromised people, but live-attenuated vaccines not? (4 points) d. What is herd immunity? How does it protect immunocompromised people? (4 points)
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What would the consequences be if children are not vaccinated? Can those unvaccinated children be hospitalized or potentially die from these diseases? Have any diseases increased because some parents have chosen not to vaccinate their children? Give numerical facts on examples of many diseases before immunizations and after (polio, smallpox, measles...) Have any of these diseases been eradicated in the U.S.?
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Inoculated attenuated Sabin vaccination Salk Inactivated multiply three revert two prophylaxis infantile paralysis myasthenia gravis Poliomyelitis. In contrast, oral polio vaccine (OPV), developed by _______ in the 1960s, contains an _______ virus and can be easily administered by mouth making it useful still in polio eradication programs in developing countries today. OPV poses many risks, however, such as the attenuated virus can _______ in vaccinated people and spread to others or it can _______ to a neurovirulent strain causing disease, making this vaccine virtually unusable in the U.S. today. In the past, this disease often affected small children and was called _______. _______ poliovirus vaccine was developed by _______ in 1954 and is now the form used for all U.S. childhood vaccinations due to its low risk to individuals being vaccinated. _______ is an acute enteroviral infection of the spinal cord that causes neuromuscular paralysis. Because of this, _______ is a mainstay of polio prevention today, and is started in infants at about 2 months of age. There are _______ forms of vaccine utilized today to confer protection against polio.
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