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2023年5月16日 · Mainly because little safety or efficacy data exist on doses given before 6 weeks of age, and the vaccines aren’t licensed for this use. The data that exist suggest that the response to doses given before 6 weeks is poor and, in the case of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine, the response could be detrimental to the infant by possibly reducing the immune response to subsequent doses ...

Dr. Schreiber of San Augustine giving a typhoid inoculation at a rural school, San Augustine County, Texas.Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.. Immunization, or immunisation, is the process by which an individual's immune system becomes fortified against an infectious agent (known as the immunogen).When this system is exposed to molecules that are foreign to the body, called ...

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2024年12月11日 · Live-attenuated vaccines contain live pathogens such as viruses or bacteria that have been "attenuated" (weakened) in the lab. The chickenpox vaccine is made with live attenuated viruses. Inactivated vaccines contain whole pathogens that have been killed but remain intact when introduced into the body. Flu shots are made with inactivated flu viruses.

2024年8月10日 · Vaccines work by imitating an infection. Vaccines work by imitating an infection—the presence of a disease-causing organism in the body—to engage the body's natural defenses.The active ingredient in all vaccines is an antigen, the name for any substance that causes the immune system to begin producing antibodies.In a vaccine, the antigen could be either

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Immunology and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases. To understand how vaccines work and the foundation of recommendations for their use, it is helpful to understand the basic function of the human immune system.

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