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t. e. Vacunagate (from vacuna (the Spanish word for "vaccine") and the suffix -gate; translatable into English as Vaccinegate) refers to a scandal in Peru over the secret COVID-19 vaccination of 487 people, mainly senior officials of the Executive Power of Peru. The crisis began on February 10, 2021, with the revelation that in October 2020 a ...
D04536. Influenza vaccines, colloquially known as flu shots, are vaccines that protect against infection by influenza viruses. [ 14][ 15] New versions of the vaccines are developed twice a year, as the influenza virus rapidly changes. [ 14] While their effectiveness varies from year to year, most provide modest to high protection against ...
The COVID-19 vaccination program in Peru is the national vaccination strategy to protect the population against SARS-CoV-2 employing vaccines developed for the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru. Vaccination began on 9 February 2021, after three days of arrival of first vaccines. [1] On a nation message, the head of state Francisco Sagasti confirmed the ...
A pentavalent vaccine combines five vaccines into one dose. Pentavalent vaccines include: DTwP-HepB-Hib vaccine, used by UNICEF in low/middle income countries. DTaP-IPV/Hib vaccine, used in the UK until 2017 (replaced by a hexavalent vaccine) DTaP-IPV-HepB vaccine, approved in the US.
A universal flu vaccine would be a flu vaccine effective against all human -adapted strains of influenza A and influenza B regardless of the virus sub type, or any antigenic drift or antigenic shift. [1] [2] [3] [page needed] Hence it should not require modification from year to year in order to keep up with changes in the influenza virus.
The following are list of bioCSL flu vaccine brands: [ 31] Trivalent. Afluria, also marketed as Enzira, Fluvax, and Nilgrip in various different markets. Agrippal, also marketed as Begripal, Fluazur, Sandovac, Agriflu, and Chiroflu in various different markets. Fluad, [ 32][ 1] also marketed as Chiromas in Spain.
Modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) is an attenuated (weakened) strain of the vaccinia virus. It is being used as a vaccine (called MVA-BN, brand names: Imvanex in the EU, [3] Imvamune in Canada, [2] and Jynneos in the US [1]) against smallpox and mpox, [4] having fewer side effects than smallpox vaccines derived from other poxviruses.
Thomas Francis Jr. (July 15, 1900 – October 1, 1969) was an American physician, virologist, and epidemiologist who guided the discovery and development of the polio vaccine being worked on by his student Jonas Salk. Francis was the first person to isolate influenza virus in the United States, and in 1940 showed that there are other strains of ...