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Vaccines for Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Two vaccines for STDs are currently in use. Ongoing efforts to develop vaccines for herpes and HIV may prove successful in the future. More
History of Polio ( Poliomyelitis )
Few diseases frightened parents more in the early part of the 20th century than polio did. Though most people recovered quickly from polio, some suffered temporary or permanent paralysis and even death. More
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Different Types of Vaccines
Vaccines are made using several different processes. They may contain live viruses that have been attenuated (weakened or altered so as not to cause illness); inactivated or killed organisms or viruses; inactivated toxins (for bacterial diseases where toxins generated by the bacteria, and not the bacteria themselves, cause illness); or merely segments of the pathogen (this includes both subunit and conjugate vaccines). More
History of Anti-vaccination Movements
Though many consider vaccination a top public health achievement of modern medicine, opposition to vaccination dates back to its introduction in the early 1800s. More
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With which virus is the Australia antigen associated?
Hepatitis A virus
Hepatitis B virus
Measles virus
Yellow fever virus
B
This antigen is a surface protein of the Hepatitis B virus. Read more