'Herd immunity' presentation slideshows

2012 Immunization Update

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Effects of heterogeneity in hosts and pathogens on effectiveness of vaccination

Effects of heterogeneity in hosts and pathogens on effectiveness of vaccination Mirjam Kretzschmar RIVM, Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology The Netherlands Populations are heterogeneous ... Why do we have to think about heterogeneity?

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Effects of heterogeneity in hosts and pathogens on effectiveness of vaccination

Effects of heterogeneity in hosts and pathogens on effectiveness of vaccination. Mirjam Kretzschmar RIVM, Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology The Netherlands. Populations are heterogeneous . Why do we have to think about heterogeneity?.

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Vaccines related epidemiology Programme design and policy options

Vaccines related epidemiology Programme design and policy options. First EpiTrain course in Advanced Epidemiology Jurmala Latvia 29.10.2004 Hanna Nohynek KTL Helsinki Finland. Vaccination Policy Options. ?. Eradication Activities. New Vaccine Introduction. Newer Vaccine

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Immunizations for Healthcare Workers

Immunizations for Healthcare Workers . Texas Immunization Summit October 1, 2010 Christine B. Turley, MD Q.T. Box, MD Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Services, Department of Pediatrics Scientist, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development

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History and Epidemiology of Global Smallpox Eradication

History and Epidemiology of Global Smallpox Eradication. Smallpox Three Egyptian Mummies 1570-1085 BC Ramses the Vth Died 1157 BC. Early Written Description of Smallpox India 400 AD.

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Training Virus Computer

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Protecting Our Health The Importance of Vaccinations

Protecting Our Health The Importance of Vaccinations. Matthew J. Arduino, Dr.P.H Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases. The findings and conclusions in this presentation are those of the author(s) and

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HOUSE TO HOUSE MOBILIZATION FOR SUCCESSFUL MEASLES SIAs: SITREP AFTER FIVE YEARS IN AFRICA

HOUSE TO HOUSE MOBILIZATION FOR SUCCESSFUL MEASLES SIAs: SITREP AFTER FIVE YEARS IN AFRICA Bob Davis Measles/Health Delegate American Red Cross. WHOM DO WE HAVE TO REACH TO STOP MEASLES TRANSMISSION?. Ethno-linguistic minorities and slum dwellers

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VACCINES

VACCINES. DEFINITION. A vaccine is biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease, a vaccine typically contains a disease causing micro-organisms often weakened or killed. No vaccine is 100% effective! Most that are used in North America are between 70 and 95% effective

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Edmund D. Pellegrino

Requiring Immunizations for Health Care Workers: Fair and Just? Lisa M Lee, PhD, MS 2014 HEAL Conference April 11, 2014. Edmund D. Pellegrino. Approaching the Question. What we are able to do. What we should do. What we are permitted to do. Action. Working Thesis.

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Vaccine Education Module: Vaccines Updated: April 2013

Vaccine Education Module: Vaccines Updated: April 2013. What Is a Vaccine ?. A vaccine is the deliberate stimulation of adaptive immunity. Vaccines: W ork by mimicking what happens during natural infection without causing illness.

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Disease Transmission

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Herd Immunity, Homeoprophylaxis and the Morphogenetic Field Effect

Herd Immunity, Homeoprophylaxis and the Morphogenetic Field Effect. Kate Birch RSHom(NA), CCH. True Herd Immunity. Natural exposure to disease Cell-mediated immunity Antibody production Life long immunity. Artificial production of Herd immunity. Variolation Vaccination Homeoprophylaxis.

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Vaccinations

Vaccinations. Starter. What are the two ways that white blood cells fight infection? How do we acquire immunity?. Lesson objectives. To be able to explain how vaccination works (C ) To be able to understand the historical development of vaccination (C ) To understand herd immunity (C )

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Group 1 - outbreak

Group 1 - outbreak. By: Vanessa, Yulia , Kimberly, and Adrianna. Learning Objectives. Be able to pinpoint methods of disease transmission. Understand how immunizing a population can prevent the spread of a contagious disease. Better conceptualize cases of epidemics . Outbreak Activity.

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Vaccines

Vaccines . Should they be mandatory for children in public schools? By Alan W obeser. The controversy . Is making vaccines mandatory for students a good thing? . What is a vaccine?. A vaccine is a preparation that improves immunity to a specific disease

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Making Vaccines

Making Vaccines. Effective Vaccines. Have low levels of side effects or toxicity. Protect against exposure to natural, or wild forms of the pathogen. Should stimulate both an antibody (B-cell) response and a cell mediated (T-cell) response.

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Pros and Cons of Universal Vaccination of the Children, including Potential Herd Immunity

Pros and Cons of Universal Vaccination of the Children, including Potential Herd Immunity Most Critical Information Gaps that Need to be Filled before Moving to Universal Vaccination of Children. Lone Simonsen, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.

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