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Simply put there are to many diseases. Some of the existing vaccines, pneumovax for

example,only protect against a certain bacteria, and the flu vaccine is redeveloped each year to protect against the strain that is predicted to be the most prevalent. Others, like shingles vaccine protect against the disease, do NOT guarantee immunity but help to lessen the severity and pain associated with the disease.

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What diseases do vaccines cure?

Vaccines do not "cure" diseases, but they can prevent serious illnesses by helping the body build immunity against specific viruses or bacteria. Some diseases that can be prevented by vaccines include measles, mumps, rubella, polio, influenza, and COVID-19.


The act or practice of inoculating someone with vaccine as a protection against disease-?

Vaccination is the act of administering a vaccine to stimulate the body's immune system to develop immunity against a specific disease. It helps protect individuals from infectious diseases by preparing their immune system to recognize and fight off the pathogen if exposed to it in the future.


Why vaccine is not effective against protozoal diseases?

Vaccines work by stimulating the immune system to create a response against a specific pathogen. However, protozoa, being complex organisms, have different mechanisms of evading the immune response compared to bacteria or viruses. Developing vaccines against protozoal diseases is challenging because of the complexity of protozoa and their ability to change their surface proteins, making it difficult for the immune system to recognize and target them effectively.


To inject a vaccine is to?

To inject a vaccine is to introduce a small amount of the vaccine, usually through a needle, into the body. This helps stimulate the immune system to produce antibodies and create a defense against the specific disease targeted by the vaccine.


What contribution did Jonas salk make to science in 1950's?

Jonas Salk developed the first successful polio vaccine in the 1950s. This vaccine was a significant breakthrough in the field of medicine and helped to eradicate the polio virus, leading to a sharp decline in the number of polio cases worldwide. Salk's work is credited with saving countless lives and revolutionizing the approach to preventing infectious diseases.

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Why are some vaccines not suitable for all diseases?

Simply put there are to many diseases. Some of the existing vaccines, pneumovax for example,only protect against a certain bacteria, and the flu vaccine is redeveloped each year to protect against the strain that is predicted to be the most prevalent. Others, like shingles vaccine protect against the disease, do NOT guarantee immunity but help to lessen the severity and pain associated with the disease.


Can diseases be prevented by a vaccine?

Yes


What is the differences between vaccine and injections?

Injections are given for treatment while vaccines are given to produce antbodies to protect the recipients from specific diseases


What is the Tri vaccine giving to new child?

The vaccine sometimes called the tri vaccine is the DTaP vaccine. This vaccine protects children against diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis, diseases which can be deadly to young children.


Preparation made from killed bacteria or damaged particles from bacterial cell walls that can prevent some bacterial diseases?

Vaccine


What are the economic costs of vaccine preventable diseases?

5 bucks.


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.


Why doesn't the measles vaccine protect you from all the diseases that are like it?

Why doesn't measle vaccination protect you from diseases


A vaccine provides?

Vaccines provides active immunity to certain diseases.


Why doesnt measles vaccine protect you from other diseases with similar symptoms?

The vaccine preventing measles is for measles only. Other diseases with the same symptoms are much less serious and don't need that much immunity


What is the reason for vaccine?

If you vaccinate people against diseases, it saves money and resources treating them if they were to actually fall ill with the sickness. Also, it safeguards the health of the majority of a population, and can totally wipe out some diseases.


Can you get the shingles vaccine if you have the shingles now?

No. Vaccines are to prevent diseases, not cure or treat them.