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Rotavirus is a disease that causes extreme diarrhea particularly in children and the elderly. The vaccine is given to children aged 2 to 3 years old and effectively reduces the number of children who contract the disease, and the severity for those who do get it.
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What does rotavirus vaccine prevent?
Rotavirus.
Is rota virus vaccine necessary for kids?
The Rotavirus vaccine is not required for kids but I would highly recommend it to pretect them. If your kids do not like shots, your doctor can numb the injection site with local anesthesia.
What is diarrhea vaccine?
Diarrhea is a symptom of several diseases, not a disease itself. Therefor there is no vaccine for diarrhea. But there are vaccines for some of the diseases that cause diarrhea as a symptom. However there are also non-disease causes of diarrhea and for these there will never be a vaccine, as there is nothing to vaccinate against.Diarrhea is also a symptom of several types of poisons as well as radiation sickness and although these can be considered "diseases" or "illnesses", there is no disease causing organism to vaccinate against so there will never be a vaccine.
What is rubella vaccine used for?
MMR vaccine (measles, mumps, and rubella) is the vaccine used to prevent rubella.
What vaccine is used for rubella virus?
MMR vaccine (measles, mumps, and rubella) is the vaccine used to prevent rubella.
What are the common vaccines used?
* Anthrax * Cervical Cancer (Human Papillomavirus) * Diphtheria * Hepatitis A * Hepatitis B * Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) * Human Papillomavirus (HPV) * Influenza (Flu) * Japanese encephalitis (JE) * Lyme disease Lyme disease vaccine no longer available in the United States. * Measles * Meningococcal * Monkeypox There is NO monkeypox vaccine. The smallpox vaccine is used for this disease. * Mumps * Pertussis * Pneumococcal * Polio * Rabies * Rotavirus * Rubella * Shingles (Herpes Zoster) * Smallpox * Tetanus * Typhoid * Tuberculosis (TB) * Varicella (Chickenpox) * Yellow Fever
What are the different kinds of immunizations?
There are a few different kinds of immunizations some you should get and some that is optional. Like the MMR combined vaccine, Varicella, Influenza, Rotavirus, Polio and Hepatitis A, B, C.
What do cow and chickens have to do with the flu vaccine?
Chicken eggs are used as the medium to grow the viruses that are used in the preparation of the vaccine.
Does the Ebola virus have a vaccine?
There is no known vaccination for the virus yet. Only experimental procedures have been used.
What is the solution used for immunization?
vaccine
When was chickenpox vaccine first used in California?
Chickenpox vaccine was first used in California in 1995.
What is gram stain of rotavirus?
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