Already scientists at Human Genome Sciences in Rockville, Maryland — a biotech company affiliated with Venter's research institute — have begun working on a more effective vaccine
against Haemophilus.
The Hep B vaccine (or HBV) protects against the virus that causes hepatitis B; the DTaP vaccine protects against the viruses that cause diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough); the PCV (pneumococcal vaccine) protects against the cause of bacterial meningitis, pneumonia, and ear infections; the Hib vaccine protects
against Haemophilus influenzae type b bacteria (which can also cause bacterial meningitis, pneumonia, or epiglottitis); and the rotavirus oral vaccine protects against a virus that causes the stomach flu.
Not exact matches
Respond better to immunizations
against Polio, Tetanus, Diphtheria, and
Haemophilus influenza (bacterium that can cause a severe infection)
Your baby will be getting the second dose of the 5 - in - 1 injection which protects
against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough (pertussis), polio and Hib (
haemophilus influenza type B).
The latest study is the most thorough large - scale study to date of the risk of febrile seizures following inoculation with the DTaP - IPV - Hib vaccine, which protects
against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough), as well as polio and
Haemophilus influenzae type b.
A team led by Ron Dagan, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Soroka University Medical Center in Beer - Sheva, Israel, wanted to know if a new pneumococcal vaccine based on tetanus toxoid would change infants» immune responses to the standard regimen of vaccines, including those for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTP), and
Haemophilus influenzae type B, which protects
against meningitis.
Legal loopholes Each US state sets its own vaccination policies, and most will not generally allow children to attend public school unless they have been vaccinated
against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough); hepatitis B; the
Haemophilus influenzae bacterium; measles, mumps and rubella; polio; and varicella (chicken pox).
The recommended vaccination schedule was inactivated vaccine
against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, and
Haemophilus influenzae type b (DTaP - IPV - Hib) administered at ages 3, 5, and 12 months; and MMR at age 15 months.
Neomycin is effective
against both gram - positive and gram - negative bacteria including staphylococci, Escherichia coli and
Haemophilus influenzae and many strains of Proteus and Pseudomonas.