The Centers for Disease Control put out a warning last week that anyone traveling to Brazil should get
vaccinated against the virus.
Forty million Americans were subsequently
vaccinated against the virus, and several hundred developed a neurological condition, Guillain - Barré syndrome, fanning controversy about whether such extensive vaccination was necessary.
«We should not wait for people to initiate their sexuality before
vaccinating them against a virus that is spread sexually,» he said.
Most people in the United States are initially
vaccinated against the virus shortly after their first birthday and return for a booster shot as a toddler.
Veterinarians recommend that ALL cats get
vaccinated against these viruses because they are quite hardy.
Canine distemper mostly infects puppies that are younger than 4 months old as well as adolescent dogs that have never been
vaccinated against the virus.
Puppies under 4 months of age or any dogs that are not fully
vaccinated against the virus.
All cats who go outdoors, or whose owners take in strays of unknown feline leukemia status, should be
vaccinated against this virus to prevent feline leukemia infection.
Puppies less than 4 months old and dogs that have not been
vaccinated against the virus are at increased risk for infection.
Since all cats in the program are
vaccinated against viruses such as rabies and distemper, the risk of other animals and humans contracting these diseases is reduced.
By itself this wouldn't be much of a story but Roxy is an adult dog that had been
vaccinated against the virus.
The two (2) best ways to help prevent dogs from acquiring «parvo» is to
vaccinate them against the virus (DHLPP vaccination) AND to keep them under control.
Therefore, if your dog has been in a fight with another animal, or has been bitten or scratched by another animal, or if you have any reason to suspect that your pet has come into contact with a rabid animal (even if your pet has been
vaccinated against the virus), you must take your dog to a veterinarian for preventive care immediately.
When British parents are informed of the risks of HPV, they want their sons to be
vaccinated against the virus.
Not exact matches
Pregnant women should definitely consult their physician about whether to be
vaccinated against certain
viruses before traveling, or whether they should cancel their travel plans for certain places if there is an epidemic.
These precautions are especially important for infants younger than 6 months of age because they can not be
vaccinated against influenza
viruses.
You can virtually guarantee that your child won't get the following
viruses simply by
vaccinating her
against them: measles, mumps, rubella, and chicken pox.
The students, teaching and non-teaching staff of the school were eventually
vaccinated against the spread of the infection, and the Ghana Health Service has declared the
virus over in the school.
The Department of Health announced the locations of its weekend clinics to
vaccinate middle and high school students
against the H1N1 (swine) flu
virus.
CHICKENPOX COMMON AMONG CHILDREN DESPITE VACCINE The highly contagious varicella - zoster
virus (VZV), commonly known as chickenpox, often affects children under age 12 and sometimes even after they have been
vaccinated against the disease, Oneida County Health Department officials warned today following reports of an outbreak in Herkimer County.
Vaccinating pregnant mothers year - round
against flu in the resource - challenged region of subtropical Nepal reduced infant flu
virus infection rates by an average of 30 percent, increased birth weights by 15 percent and resulted in babies having less influenza, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Around 20 per cent of girls from ethnic minority backgrounds are not being
vaccinated against the Human Papilloma
Virus (HPV) because they feel they don't need to have it, according to a Cancer Research UK survey presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference in Liverpool.
When the researchers injected mice with antibodies from
vaccinated people in the study, the animals were protected
against subsequent exposure to Zika
virus, unlike mice that were injected with antibodies from participants who received placebo.
The dengue antibodies were a red herring, he says: both researchers had been
vaccinated for the yellow fever
virus, which is closely related to dengue; antibodies
against these
viruses often cross-react.
While trying to come up with a contagious method of birth control among rodent pests, an Australian lab in 2001 modified a mousepox
virus, which, unintentionally, caused the rodents» immune system to fail completely — even in animals previously
vaccinated against mousepox.
Two of three
vaccinated dromedary camels — known carriers of the MERS
virus — produced neutralizing antibodies
against the
virus.
It has survived another winter in northern Europe, and now farmers are
vaccinating livestock in a race
against the biting midges that carry the
virus.
The nanoparticles provide a novel way to
vaccinate people
against a particular pathogen, such as, say, West Nile
virus, without using the pathogen itself.
According to WHO statistics, 300 million people are
vaccinated against the flu each year, receiving an immunization with a cocktail of weakened strains of influenza A (varieties H3N2 and H1N1), along with the influenza B
virus to protect
against a full infection.
Poultry farmers routinely
vaccinate against the disease, which keeps their flocks healthy but does not stop chickens from becoming infected and spreading the
virus.
A new study led by scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) shows that an HIV - 1 vaccine regimen, involving a viral vector boosted with a purified envelope protein, provided complete protection in half of the
vaccinated non-human primates (NHPs)
against a series of six repeated challenges with simian immunodeficiency
virus (SIV), a
virus similar to HIV that infects NHPs.
«Given these results in cells and mice, it may be worthwhile to consider that patients receiving, or who may receive, Amphotericin B - based therapies be appropriately
vaccinated against influenza
virus.
Despite decades of research decoding the influenza
virus — and great advances in treating and
vaccinating against the disease — this infectious pathogen continues both to surprise and confound us
An earlier preclinical study found that rhesus monkeys that were
vaccinated with ZPIV developed a strong immune response and were protected
against two strains of Zika
virus.
In addition,
vaccinated mice had significantly lower levels of Zika
virus RNA in maternal, placental and fetal tissues compared to placebo - injected mice, resulting in protection
against damage to the placenta and fetus.
A federal government advisory committee voted Tuesday to recommend that males ages 11 to 21 be
vaccinated against the human papilloma
virus, which is blamed for thousands of cases of cancer among women and men.
He reviewed the findings and said the study «shows that those that are annually
vaccinated do not lose their second line of defense [
against viruses].
The vaccine is reasonably effective, preventing infection in about 4 out of 5
vaccinated cats that are exposed to the same subtype of the
virus, and this is part of the problem; while the vaccine protects
against the majority of strains found in North American cats, it is ineffective
against strains found in Europe.
Under Indiana law, all dogs, cats and ferrets older than 3 months of age must be
vaccinated against the rabies
virus.
The two most virulent strains,
Virus H3N8 and H3N2, are not related in any way, so here at ZippiVet, we recommend that dogs at risk should be
vaccinated against both strains.
When puppies are too young to be
vaccinated against the parvo
virus and they have not been protected by maternal antibodies as a result of vaccination of a breeding female, they lack the defenses to fight
against this aggressive
virus.
Since the two flu
virus strains are not related we recommend that dogs at risk should be
vaccinated against both.
A-Animal Clinic in Fort Worth, Texas, began in mid-November to require that all dogs left at the facility — whether for boarding, day camp, grooming or medical procedures — be
vaccinated against canine influenza
virus.
«And if your horses aren't
vaccinated, talk to your veterinarian about
vaccinating them as soon as possible
against EEE and West Nile
virus.»
Your puppy needs to be
vaccinated with a series of vaccines between the ages of 8 and about 20 weeks to protect him
against the potentially deadly Parvo and Distemper
viruses.
It is always better to be safe rather than sorry, all uninfected cats should be
vaccinated against feline leukemia
virus.
Puppies can be
vaccinated against a variety of diseases, including parvo
virus, distemper, hepatitis, kennel cough and leptospirosis (lepto).
Kittens can be
vaccinated against a variety of diseases, including feline enteritis
virus, cat «flu» (actually 3 different diseases Feline calicivirus, feline herpes
virus and Feline chlamydia), feline immunodeficiency
virus (FIV) and feline leukaemia
virus.
Volunteers humanely trap community cats, which are then spayed or neutered,
vaccinated against rabies and other common
viruses found in cats, and returned to their colonies.
Kittens and cats should receive a series of two boosters (one month apart)
against the Feline Leukemia
Virus the first year they are
vaccinated.