Module 9 2021

23/03/2021

30 diseases are currently preventable by vaccination

“Vaccines are one of the greatest achievements of biomedical science and public health” 4

– Diphtheria 1 – Haemophilus influenzae type b 1

– Hepatitis A 1 – Hepatitis B 1 – Herpes zoster 1 – Human papillomavirus 1 – Influenza 1 – Measles 1 – Meningococcal ACWY/B 1 – Mumps 1 – H5N1 flu 1 – Pertussis 1 – Poliomyelitis 1 – Pneumococcal 1 – Rotavirus 1 – Rubella 1 – Smallpox and vaccinia 1 – Tetanus 1 – Tuberculosis 1 – Varicella 1

Global public health

Regional focus

– Anthrax 1 – Cholera 2 – Japanese encephalitis 1 – Monkeypox 1 – Tick-borne encephalitis 3 – Typhoid fever 1 – Rabies 1 – Yellow fever 1 – Adenovirus acute respiratory diseases 4,5

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Vaccines and preventable diseases. Available at: www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/default.htm (accessed 05/04/17); 2. Roush et al. MMWR 1999;48:243–8; 3. CDC. Yellow Book: TBE. Available at: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2016/infectious-diseases-related-to-travel/tickborne-encephalitis (accessed April 2017) ; 4. Gregory C et al. Chapter 9 in Plotkin et al. Vaccines. 6th Edition, Elsevier Saunders, 2012, pp. 113–26; 5. CDC. Vaccine information statements. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/index.html?s_cid=cs_000 (accessed 05/04/17); 6. Mosquirix PI http://www.ema.europa.eu/docs/en_GB/document_library/Medicine_for_use_outside_EU/2015/10/WC500194574.pdf (Accessed April 2017)

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A Hepatitis A vaccine in outbreak control: Alaska

40

Non-vaccinated

Vaccinated

35

30

25

20

15

Occurrences

10

5

0

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Weeks before / after vaccination

Adapted from McMahon, et al . Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1996; 150: 733–9

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