Lecture 3 done Flashcards
How is Hep B transmitted?
Injection: blood transfusion, needle sharing, sexual ciontact, mother to neonate
What types of Hep B vaccines are there?
Engerix and recombivax(surface antigen with Al), Heplisav-B(surface antigen with CpG 1018), Prehevbrio(multiple surface anigens with Al)
WHat is polio?
acute viral illness that affects the central nervous system. transmitted fecal-oral
What type of vaccine is polio?
inactivated vaccine
What is varicella?
hightly contagious disease known as chicken pox spread by direct contact or respritory route
What type of vaccine is varicella?
Varivax, live attenuated viral vaccine
What is assumed with the chicken pox vaccine?
Anyone born before 1980 is immune
What type of vaccine is rotavirus?
2 live oral vaccines. 2 preperations roratq( reconstitutes and 3 oral dose), rotarix(liquid preperation, 2 doses)
What can’t RV be administered after 8 months of age?
Because of risk of intussusception
What is varicella?
highly contagios diseas spread through respritory droplets
What are the symptoms of varicella?
pruritic vesicular rash with fever
What are complication associated with caricella?
bacterial infection of lesion, pneumonia, encephalitis, cellulitis
What are adverse effects associated with varicella vaccine?
fever and rash at injjection site
What is ppertussis?
bacterial, respritory infection transmitted through close contact
What are symptoms of pertussis?
severe paroxysms of cough which may cause pneumonia, encephalopathy, malnutrition
