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Vaccines and Vaccinations
“Vaccines are the most effective public health tools to control and prevent IDs on global scale .
With safe water, no other modality, not even antibiotics has had such a major effect on mortality reduction and population growth”
(S. Plotkin)
Vaccines and vaccinations
• A vaccine is a product that ‐ when administered to a susceptible individual – confers immunity against a specific disease.
• There are many options to design and produce a vaccine.
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