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Measles

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Vaccine Available: Yes (MMR vaccine) Disease Impact: Can cause severe complications, including pneumonia, encephalitis, and death.

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Mumps

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Vaccine Available: Yes (MMR vaccine) Disease Impact: Can lead to swelling of the salivary glands, meningitis, reduced fertility, and hearing loss.

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Rubella (German Measles)

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Vaccine Available: Yes (MMR vaccine) Disease Impact: Especially dangerous for pregnant women as it can cause congenital rubella syndrome in the fetus.

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Poliomyelitis (Polio)

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Vaccine Available: Yes (IPV and OPV) Disease Impact: Can cause irreversible paralysis and is potentially fatal.

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Influenza

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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.

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Hepatitis B

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Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Can lead to severe liver damage, including cirrhosis and liver cancer.

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Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)

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Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Can cause meningitis, epiglottitis, pneumonia, and sepsis, particularly in young children.

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Varicella (Chickenpox)

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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.

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Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

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Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Causes warts and is associated with several cancers, including cervical cancer, anal cancer, and oropharyngeal cancer.

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Tetanus

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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.

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Diphtheria

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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.

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Pertussis (Whooping Cough)

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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.

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Hepatitis A

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Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Causes liver infection which can lead to sickness with jaundice, dark urine, and extreme fatigue.

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Rotavirus

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Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Leading cause of severe diarrhea and dehydration in young children.

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Meningococcal Disease

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Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Can cause meningitis and sepsis, which can lead to limb amputations, neurological damage, and death.

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Pneumococcal Disease

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Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Can lead to pneumonia, bacteremia, and meningitis, particularly affecting the elderly and those with weakened immune systems.

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Yellow Fever

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Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Can cause jaundice, hemorrhagic fever, and can be fatal in severe cases.

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Japanese Encephalitis

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Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Can cause brain inflammation with symptoms like headache, vomiting, fever, confusion, and in severe cases, seizures, paralysis, and coma.

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Rabies

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Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Nearly always fatal once symptoms appear, causes severe neurological symptoms including aggressive behavior, hallucinations, and paralysis.

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Typhoid Fever

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Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Symptoms may include prolonged fever, headache, nausea, loss of appetite, and constipation or diarrhea.

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Cholera

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Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: Causes severe diarrhea and dehydration which can lead to death if untreated.

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Tuberculosis (TB)

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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.

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Anthrax

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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.

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Tick-borne Encephalitis (TBE)

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Vaccine Available: Yes Disease Impact: May cause symptoms ranging from mild flu-like illness to severe neurological manifestations, including meningitis and encephalitis.

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Anthrax

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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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