Sentences with phrase «against encephalitis»
After injecting himself with an experimental vaccine against encephalitis in 1969 and contracting spinal meningitis, he began a long descent into physical and mental illness that ended with his death in 1981.
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But in 1969 he injected himself with an experimental virus against encephalitis.
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So far there is no vaccination available against Lyme disease, such as there is for Tick - Borne Encephalitis (TBE) that is also spread via tick bites.
The trial conducted at the WRAIR Clinical Trial Center in Silver Spring, Md., is assessing the impact of pre-existing flavivirus immunity in volunteers who had been vaccinated against yellow fever or Japanese encephalitis — both viral cousins to Zika — prior to receiving ZPIV.
In fact, TBK1 may also be a contributor to debilitating diseases such as ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and childhood herpes simplex virus encephalitis, if its connection with ICOS somehow triggers B cell activation and specific antibody production against the body's own cells in ALS or an excessive response to the invading viruses in childhood encephalitis.
So Tesh first exposed hamsters to a broad range of flaviruses: dengue, the yellow fever vaccine, St. Louis encephalitis, a live vaccine against Japanese encephalitis (JE) that's used in China, or a killed JE vaccine licensed in the United States.
Such cross-protection is the case with cowpox and smallpox, and a vaccine currently in use for Japanese encephalitis protects some animals against the closely related West Nile virus.
Given the concerns for immune enhancement with other similar flaviviruses, like yellow fever and Japanese encephalitis, ZPIV will be tested in some volunteers who will first be vaccinated against one of these other flaviviruses.
Clinical Spectrum of Encephalitis Associated With Antibodies Against the alpha - Amino -3-Hydroxy-5-Methyl-4-Isoxazolepropionic Acid Receptor: Case Series and Review of the Literature.
In addition, visitors to Asia should talk to their doctors about vaccine protection against typhoid and Japanese encephalitis.
Vaccinations can be put into two categories: core vaccines, used to protect horses against diseases that every horse is at risk of contracting (such as West Nile virus, Eastern and Western encephalitis, tetanus and rabies), and risk - based vaccines.
At that time, blood is drawn for equine infectious anemia testing and for the last 24 years, the ponies have been vaccinated against common horse diseases such as eastern and western equine encephalitis, tetanus, west Nile virus, and rabies.
See also: «Encephalitis following vaccination against distemper and infectious hepatitis in the dog» «A 4 - months - old, male, healthy dog developed CNS - symptoms 10 days after the second vaccination with live, attenuated distemper and canine hepatitis virus.»
Vaccinations, especially when used in excess of what is needed, are suspected of causing many serious problems in dogs: seizures, pancreatitis, inflammatory bowel disease, encephalitis, and even the very diseases they are supposed to protect your dog against!
The American Association of Equine Practitioners recommends that all horses receive vaccinations against rabies, tetanus, West Nile Virus, and eastern / western equine encephalitis.