Vaccines

Question 1

How much money has been awarded from ADR of vaccines

Answer 1

> 2billion (National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act 1986)

Question 2

High fever, skin reactions, shock, behavioral changes

Answer 2

Sings of a more serious Vaccine Reaction

Question 3

Guillain-Barre, SIDS, encephalitis, death

Answer 3

MOST SERIOUS adverse vaccine events

Question 4

Vaccines that contain Aluminum

Answer 4

Polio, DTaP, HPV, Hep A & B, Hib, PCV

Question 5

How many doses of How many vaccines are recommended by age 6

Answer 5

49 doses of 14 vaccines

Question 6

This injectable vaccine is packaged into multi-dose vials containing thimerosal

Answer 6

Influenza

Question 7

This is a trivalent vaccine

Answer 7

Influenza (only protects against 3 strains)

Question 8

This vaccine has some association with asthma and possible SIDS

Answer 8

DTaP/TDaP

Question 9

This vaccine is not given until 2 months of age to produce “herd immunity”

Answer 9

DTaP/TDaP

Question 10

IPV

Answer 10

inactivated polio vaccine

Question 11

OPV

Answer 11

oral polio vaccine

Question 12

Since 2000, which form of the Polio vaccine is the only one given

Answer 12

IPV

Question 13

This vaccine has been hypothesized as the spread of SIV into humans, creating HIV

Answer 13

Polio vaccine

Question 14

Which form of the polio vaccine was thought to have been the cause of the SIV -> HIV hypothesis

Answer 14

OPV (oral)

Question 15

What is referred to as the event where the 1955 IPV campaign left 70,000 school children seriously ill

Answer 15

“Cutter Incident”

Question 16

What is the name of the PCV known to protect against 13 of 90 know strains

Answer 16

Prevnar 13

Question 17

This vaccine MAY contribute to ~28,000 cases of diabetes/yr

Answer 17

PCV (and may not show signs of diabetes until ages 3-10 yrs old)

Question 18

How much more likely, are Hib-Vaccinated children, to contract Hib disease w/in the first week

Answer 18

2-6x more likely

Question 19

Up to 87% of pediatricians and practitioners do not believe this vaccine is needed for newborns

Answer 19

Hep B

Question 20

This bacterial infection primarily causes meningitis in kids

Answer 20

Haemophilus Influenzae b

Question 21

This vaccine may contribute to ~2,300 cases of diabetes/yr

Answer 21

Hib Vaccine

Question 22

This virus mainly occurs in underdeveloped countries and 90% of the deaths occur in Africa and Asia

Answer 22

Rotavirus

Question 23

Most serious associations with MMR vaccine

Answer 23

Diabetes and Autism (NO evidence of CAUSATION)

Question 24

Spontaneous abortion occurs in up to what % of CRS cases

Answer 24

20%

Question 25

The Amish Anomaly

Answer 25

Statistically should have been 130 cases of autism w/in the population. Do not vaccinate children. Only found 2 cases, 1 due to an adoption and prior vaccination, and other via nurse visiting community.

Question 26

This vaccine aims to protect against the most common STD

Answer 26

Gardasil (for HPV)

Question 27

Risks of Gardasil

Answer 27

blood clots, GBS