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Title: KEY CONCEPT Some viral diseases can be prevented with vaccines.


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KEY CONCEPT Some viral diseases can be prevented
with vaccines.
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Viruses cause many infectious diseases
  • There are many examples of viral infections.
  • common cold

Rhinovirus over 100 different types
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Viruses cause many infectious diseases
  • There are many examples of viral infections.
  • common cold
  • influenza

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Viruses cause many infectious diseases
  • There are many examples of viral infections.
  • common cold
  • influenza
  • SARS

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Viruses cause many infectious diseases
  • There are many examples of viral infections.
  • HIV
  • The body has natural defenses against viruses.

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  • Made from a weakened form of the virus itself.
  • Triggers the bodys immune system to produce
    antibodies
  • Memory cells remember the virus so future
    attacks can be prevented.

A substance that stimulates the bodys own immune
response against invasion by microbes.
  • Measles
  • Mumps
  • Rubella
  • Influenza
  • Chicken Pox
  • Hepatitis
  • Meningitis
  • Polio
  • Small Pox (not used anymore)
  • HIV (Aids)
  • Common cold
  • West Nile Virus
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