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A child being immunized against Polio. For financial immunization, see Immunization (finance). Immunization, or immunisation, is the process by which an individual is exposed to an agent that is designed to fortify his or her immune system against that agent. The material is known as an immunogen. Immunization is the same as inoculation and vaccination in that inoculation and vaccination use a viable infecting agent like immunization does. Immunization is just the general term for va ...
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Immunization Articles
- Effectiveness of Safer Smallpox Vaccine Demonstrated Against Monkeypox
... A mild, experimental smallpox vaccine known as modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) is nearly as effective as the standard smallpox vaccine in protecting monkeys against monkeypox, a study by researchers of... - Mouse Study Could Aid Vaccine Designers
... Investigators from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have conducted studies in mice to gain a new picture of how the immune ... - Viral Hepatitis: A Through E and Beyond
... Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. Several different viruses cause viral hepatitis. They are named the hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E viruses. All of th...
Resources
- (National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS)
- 10 Important Vaccine Facts for Seniors (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF File
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