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Measles
Vaccine Available: Yes (MMR vaccine) Disease Impact: Can cause severe complications, including pneumonia, encephalitis, and death.
Mumps
Vaccine Available: Yes (MMR vaccine) Disease Impact: Can lead to swelling of the salivary glands, meningitis, reduced fertility, and hearing loss.
Rubella (German Measles)
Vaccine Available: Yes (MMR vaccine) Disease Impact: Especially dangerous for pregnant women as it can cause congenital rubella syndrome in the fetus.
Poliomyelitis (Polio)
Vaccine Available: Yes (IPV and OPV) Disease Impact: Can cause irreversible paralysis and is potentially fatal.
Influenza
Vaccine Available: Yes (Annual flu shots) Disease Impact: Can cause severe illness, particularly in the very young, the elderly, and those with underlying health conditions.
Hepatitis B
Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Can lead to severe liver damage, including cirrhosis and liver cancer.
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Can cause meningitis, epiglottitis, pneumonia, and sepsis, particularly in young children.
Varicella (Chickenpox)
Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Typically causes an itchy rash and fever, and can lead to severe complications such as bacterial infections of the skin, pneumonia, and encephalitis.
Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Causes warts and is associated with several cancers, including cervical cancer, anal cancer, and oropharyngeal cancer.
Tetanus
Vaccine Available: Yes (DTaP/Tdap) Disease Impact: Causes painful muscle contractions and can lead to locking of the jaw, which can prevent swallowing and breathing.
Diphtheria
Vaccine Available: Yes (DTaP/Tdap) Disease Impact: Creates a thick coating in the throat which can lead to breathing issues, paralysis, heart failure, and even death.
Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
Vaccine Available: Yes (DTaP/Tdap) Disease Impact: Highly contagious and can be deadly for infants. Causes severe coughing spells which can lead to difficulty eating, drinking, and breathing.
Hepatitis A
Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Causes liver infection which can lead to sickness with jaundice, dark urine, and extreme fatigue.
Rotavirus
Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Leading cause of severe diarrhea and dehydration in young children.
Meningococcal Disease
Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Can cause meningitis and sepsis, which can lead to limb amputations, neurological damage, and death.
Pneumococcal Disease
Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Can lead to pneumonia, bacteremia, and meningitis, particularly affecting the elderly and those with weakened immune systems.
Yellow Fever
Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Can cause jaundice, hemorrhagic fever, and can be fatal in severe cases.
Japanese Encephalitis
Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Can cause brain inflammation with symptoms like headache, vomiting, fever, confusion, and in severe cases, seizures, paralysis, and coma.
Rabies
Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Nearly always fatal once symptoms appear, causes severe neurological symptoms including aggressive behavior, hallucinations, and paralysis.
Typhoid Fever
Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Symptoms may include prolonged fever, headache, nausea, loss of appetite, and constipation or diarrhea.
Cholera
Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Causes severe diarrhea and dehydration which can lead to death if untreated.
Tuberculosis (TB)
Vaccine Available: Yes (BCG vaccine) Disease Impact: Can cause chronic cough with sputum that may contain blood, along with weight loss, fever, and night sweats.
Anthrax
Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Can cause different forms of disease depending on the route of infection (cutaneous, inhalation, gastrointestinal), some of which can be fatal.
Tick-borne Encephalitis (TBE)
Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: May cause symptoms ranging from mild flu-like illness to severe neurological manifestations, including meningitis and encephalitis.
Anthrax
Vaccine Available: Ye Disease Impact: Can cause different forms of disease depending on the route of infection (cutaneous, inhalation, gastrointestinal), some of which can be fatal. s
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