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Drugs Affecting the Immune System with HPV update

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DRUGS AFFECTING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM Overview ⚫ Effectiveness of mass immunization ⚫ Attenuated vaccines  Live vaccines  Inactivated vaccines ⚫ Immune globulin serums ⚫ Diagnost ... ic biologicals (tuberculin purified protein) ⚫ Immunomodulators Mass Immunization ⚫ Vaccinate susceptible populations. ⚫ Effective in reducing vaccine preventable disease  H. flu decreased 99%  Pertussis decreased 93%  Hepatitis A decreased 91% ⚫ Disease numbers increase when vaccination rates go down. Recommended Immunizations  The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice (ACIP) sets the recommended vaccine schedule.  Children age 0 to 6 years  Children 7 to 18 years  Adult schedule  Catch-up schedule  Guidelines for vaccinating pregnant women  Full ACIP statements available at www.cdc.gov/vaccines  Vaccine Information Statements (VISs) available at www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/vis/default.htm or www.immunize.org ................................CONT..................................... [Show More]

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