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Conjugate vaccine — A conjugate vaccine is created by covalently attaching a poor (polysaccharide organism) antigen to a carrier protein (preferably from the same microorganism), thereby conferring the immunological attributes of the carrier on the attached antigen … Wikipedia
Meningococcal vaccine — Vaccine description Target disease Neisseria meningitidis Type ? Clinical data AHFS/Drugs.com … Wikipedia
Meningococcal disease — Classification and external resources Charlotte Cleverley Bisman, one of the youngest survivors of the disease. The infected arms had to be amputated later. ICD 10 A … Wikipedia
Haemophilus b conjugate vaccine — (HbCV) a preparation of Haemophilus influenzae type b capsular polysaccharide covalently bound to a specific diphtheria protein or meningococcal protein, or to tetanus toxoid. Administered intramuscularly as a routine immunizing agent in children … Medical dictionary
Vaccine — For other uses, see Vaccine (disambiguation). A vaccine is a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease causing microorganism, and is often made from… … Wikipedia
List of vaccine topics — Flu vaccine This is a list of vaccine related topics. A vaccine is a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease causing microorganism, and is often made… … Wikipedia
Hib vaccine — Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine (Hib vaccine or PRP vaccine [cite journal title=Haemophilus influenzae Type b Conjugate Vaccine (Meningicoccal Protein Conjugate): Immunogenicity and Safety at Various Doses… … Wikipedia
Meningitis Vaccine Project — The Meningitis Vaccine Project is an effort to eliminate the meningitis epidemic in Sub Saharan Africa by developing a new meningococcal vaccine. The meningitis problem in that area is caused by a strain of meningitis called meningitis A , which… … Wikipedia
MenAfriVac — is a vaccine developed for use in sub Saharan Africa that protects people 1 to 29 years of age against meningococcal bacterium Neisseria meningitidis group A. MenAfriVac costs under US$.50 per dose and reduces carriage of the bacteria from one… … Wikipedia
Asplenia — This article is about the medical condition. For the moth genus, see Asplenia (moth). For spleenwort ferns, see Asplenium. Asplenia Classification and external resources ICD 10 D73.0, Q … Wikipedia
