List of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Media
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A woman with cholera being treated by nurses at St. Nicholas Hospital in Saint-Marc,...
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Sandra Lindsay (left), a nurse in New York City, was the first person to receive...
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A young girl receiving treatment for dengue at a hospital in Jakarta.
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A volunteer filling out vaccination cards for women and children to receive a vaccine...
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A child receiving a hepatitis B vaccine at the Mixcoac health center in Mexico City.
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Photomicrograph of Haemophilus influenzae as seen using a Gram-stain technique
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Blisters characteristic of herpes zoster (shingles) shown on the neck and shoulder.
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Gardasil, the trade name of a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, protects against...
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People wearing protective surgical masks while walking past a sign warning of influenza...
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The vaccines Ixiaro for protection against Japanese encephalitis, Twinrix for protection...
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Army personnel working with a Gabonese woman and her child at a medical clinic that...
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Meningococcal meningitis is caused by Neisseria meningitidis bacteria.
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Routinely given to children in the first year of life, the DPT vaccine protects against...
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Upper portion of a 1963 poster featuring Wellbee, a national public health symbol...
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Hilary Koprowski (left) and Herald R. Cox, researchers in the field of viral diseases,...
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Edward Jenner vaccinating his child against smallpox; colored engraving.
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Clostridium tetani bacteria, the cause of tetanus.
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The Ixodes scapularis tick can transmit tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV)...
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A doctor observing a child who received a BCG vaccine to help prevent tuberculosis.
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Photomicrograph of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, the causative agent...
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A close-up view of skin covered with the red raised papules that are characteristic...
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A woman receiving a vaccine against yellow fever during an outbreak of the disease...
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