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L15: Zika, Anthrax & COVID 19 Flashcards

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Def of Emerging infectious diseases

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  • are “New diseases; new problem (New threats)” caused by: A newly discovered infectious agent
  • A newly identified pathogen emerged and whose incidence in humans has increased during the last 2 decades and is threatening to in the near future
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Examples of Emerging infectious diseases

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Def of Re-emerging infectious diseases

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  • are “old diseases, new problem. (New threats)”
    An infectious disease was previously controlled but
    once again has risen to be a significant health
    problem.
  • This term also refers to that disease which was formerly confined to one geographic area, has now spread to other areas
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Examples of that disease which was formerly confined to one geographic area, has now spread to other areas

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Factors contributing to the emergence of infectious diseases

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  • Host factors
  • Agent factors
  • Environmental factors
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Factors contributing to the emergence of infectious diseases

  • Host Factors
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Factors contributing to the emergence of infectious diseases

  • Host Factors (Human demographic change)
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inhabiting new areas

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Factors contributing to the emergence of infectious diseases

  • Host Factors (Human Behaviour)
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  • Unsafe sexual practices (HIV, Gonorrhoea, Syphilis)
  • Changes in agricultural & food production patterns, food- borne infectious agents (E. coli)
  • international travel (Influenza)
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Factors contributing to the emergence of infectious diseases

  • Host Factors (Human Susceptibility to infection)
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Immunosuppression

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Factors contributing to the emergence of infectious diseases

  • Agent Factors
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Factors contributing to the emergence of infectious diseases

  • Agent Factors (Evolution of pathogenic infectious agents)
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microbial adaptation & Change

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Factors contributing to the emergence of infectious diseases

  • Agent Factors (Development of Resistance to drugs)
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  • Wrong prescribing practices
  • Non-adherence by patients
  • Counterfeit drugs
  • Use of anti-infective drugs in animals & plants
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Factors contributing to the emergence of infectious diseases

  • Agent Factors (Risistance of vectors to pesticides)
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Factors contributing to the emergence of infectious diseases

  • Environmental Factors
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Factors contributing to the emergence of infectious diseases

  • Environmental Factors (Climate & changing ecosystems)
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  • Deforestation forces animals into closer human contact increase possibility for agents to breach species barrier between animals & humans
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Factors contributing to the emergence of infectious diseases

  • Environmental Factors (natural disasters & related outbreaks)
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Malaria, Cholera

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Factors contributing to the emergence of infectious diseases

  • Environmental Factors (Global warming)
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spread of Malaria, Dengue, Leishmaniasis, Filariasis

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Factors contributing to the emergence of infectious diseases

  • Environmental Factors (Economic development & Land use)
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urbanization, deforestation

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Factors contributing to the emergence of infectious diseases

  • Environmental Factors (Technology & industry)
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food processing & handling

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Factors contributing to the emergence of infectious diseases

  • Environmental Factors (Breakdown of public health measure)
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war, unrest, overcrowding

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Factors contributing to the emergence of infectious diseases

  • Environmental Factors (Uncontrolled Urbanization &Population displacement)
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Problem of refugees & displaced persons

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Control of Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases

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  • Controlling possible causes
  • Role of doctors in prevention
  • Public health measures
  • Response of the WHO
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Control of Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases
- Controlling Possible Causes

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Control of Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases

  • Role of Doctors in Prevention
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Control of Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases

  • Public Health Measures
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Control of Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases

  • Response of WHO
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Def of Zika Virus

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a mosquito-borne flavivirus

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1st Case of Zika Virus

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The very 1st known case of Zika fever was in a rhesus monkey in the Zika Forest in Uganda in 1947

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1st Human Case of Zika Virus

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The 1st human cases were reported in Nigeria in 1954

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Outbreaks of Zika Virus

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  • A few outbreaks have been reported in tropical Africa and in some areas in Southeast Asia.
  • The 1st major outbreak, with 185 confirmed cases, was reported in 2007 in the Yap Islands of the Federated States of Micronesia.
  • In 2013 another large outbreak was reported in French Polynesia
  • Mosquito-borne Zika virus is suspected to be the cause of 2,400 cases of microcephaly and 29 infant deaths in Brazil in 2015
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Zika Virus & Brazil

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  • Mosquito-borne Zika virus is suspected to be the cause of 2,400 cases of microcephaly and 29 infant deaths in Brazil in 2015
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Epidemic Threshold of Zika Virus

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Viral load in body ≥4800 viral copies triggered dissemination and ≥12,000 viral copies set out transmission

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Zika Virus in egypt

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No detected cases in the last outbreak

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Possible Case of Zika Virus

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Not applicable

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Probable Case of Zika Virus

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Confirmed Case of Zika Virus

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Causative Agent of Zika Virus

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ZIKa virus

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Anmal Hosts of Zika Virus

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monkeys, domestic sheep, goats, horses, cows, ducks, rodents,
bats.

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MOT of Zika Virus

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IP of Zika Virus

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3–14 days

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Infectivity Period of Zika Virus

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ranges from a few days to 1 week (Virus remains in semen and urine longer than in blood )

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General Prevention of Zika Virus

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❶ Protection against mosquito bites (refer to general epidemiology)

❷ Protection against Sexual transmission (refer to general epidemiology)

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Specific Prevention of Zika Virus

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No vaccine is yet available

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Def of Anthrax

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a serious zoonotic infectious disease caused by gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria

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Type of anthrax bacteria

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gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria

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Global Epidemeology of Anthrax

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Endemic in parts of South and Central America, Southern and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and the Middle East.

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Latest outbreaks of Anthrax

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  • 2001; letters containing anthrax spores were
    mailed to several news media offices and two U.S. Senators, killing five people and infecting 17 others (biological weapon).
  • 2014; in India resulting in 7 deaths.
  • 2016; in Siberia, Russia resulting in 2300 deaths among animals.
  • 2018; in France (cattle Farms)
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Compare between Cutaneous, GI & Inhalational Anthrax in terms of:

  • Case Definition
  • Occurrence
  • CFR
  • MOT
  • IP
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Causative Agent of Anthrax

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Bacillus anthracis

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Reservoir of Anthrax

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❶ Infected animals (grazing herbivorous animals)

❷ Soil (Spores)

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Biologocal Terrorism & Anthrax

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(Estimated Effects)

  • 50 kg of spores among urban area of 5 million leads to 250,000 cases of anthrax & 100,000 deaths
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Infectivity period of Anthrax

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B. anthracis spores can remain viable and infective in soil for years and maybe decades

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General Prevention of Anthrax

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Specific Prevention if Anthrax

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Vaccination of Anthrax

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Cell-Free Filtrate

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Dose of Vx of Anthrax

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Immunization series (5 IM injections over 18-week period with annual booster)

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Indications of Vx of Anthrax

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At risk groups (Veterinarians, Lab workers, Livestock
handlers, Military personnel)

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SE of Vx of Anthrax

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no serious side effects

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Case Control Measures for Anthrax

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(refer to general epidemiology) + Cutaneous/gastrointestinal anthrax Ciprofloxacin, penicillin or doxycycline are the drugs of choice, usually given for 7–10 days

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Contact Control Measures for Anthrax

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(refer to general epidemiology)

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Control Measures for Anthrax in bioterrorist attacks

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  • involving aerosolized anthrax where the risk is high, ciprofloxacin or doxycycline are recommended and should be given for at least 60 day
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Def of Coronaviruses

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  • Coronaviruses are enveloped RNA viruses that cause respiratory illnesses of varying severity from the common cold to fatal pneumonia.
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Many coronaviruses are known to cause disease in humans

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Coronaviruses causing Common cold

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229E, OC43, NL63 & HUK1.

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Coronaviruses causing COVID19

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SARS-CoV2 is a novel coronavirus identified as the cause of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that began in Wuhan, China in late 2019 and spread worldwide in a widespread pandemic.

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Coronaviruses causing MERS

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MERS-CoV was identified in 2012, cause of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)

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Coronaviruses causing SARS

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SARS-CoV was identified in 2002, cause of an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

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These coronaviruses that cause severe respiratory infections are …….. pathogens, which begin in infected animals and are transmitted from animals to people

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Global Epidemeology of COVID 19

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  • As of 20 September 2021, more than 228 million cases and 4.69 million deaths have been confirmed, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in history.
  • Lowest case fatality rate is detected in Singapore 0.1%
  • highest is detected in Yemen (19%)
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National Epidemeology of COVID 19

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Number of confirmed cases is 296,929 with deaths 16,970 till 20 sept 2021 with case fatality rate 5.7%

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Epidemic Threshold of COVID 19

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diagnosing one or more cases of COVID-19

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Suspected case of COVID 19

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A person who meets the clinical AND epidemiological criteria

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Clinical Criteria of COVID 19

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Symptoms in COVID 19

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Epidemeological criteria of COVID 19

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Probable Case of COVID 19

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Cobfirmed Case of COVID 19

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Causative agent of COVID 19

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novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Variants (alpha, beta, gamma & delta)

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MOT of COVID 19

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  • Animals to humans transmission.
  • Person-to-person spread: occurs through droplet infection (direct or indirect)
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IP of COVID 19

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1–14 days

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Infectivity Period of COVID 19

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  • 1 to 3 days before symptoms start, and in the first 7 days after symptoms begin.

But some people may remain infectious for longer

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Susceptibility to COVID 19

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Dx of COVID 19

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General Prevention of COVID 19

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(Standard Precautions & Transmission-Based Precautions)

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Specific prevention of COVID 19

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Vaccinations:

  • mRNA Vx
  • Vector Vx
  • Inactivated Vector Vx
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Concept of mRNA vaccines

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  • contain the genetic instructions for making the COVID-19 spike protein, this protein is found on the surface of the virus that causes COVID-19
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Examples of mRNA vaccines

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(Pfizer Ultra Frozen Vaccine / Moderna Frozen Vaccine)

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Concept of Vector vaccines

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contain a modified version of a different virus than the one that causes COVID-19. Inside the shell of the modified virus, there is material from the virus that causes COVID-19

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Examples of Vector vaccines

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(AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD)

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Concept of Inactivated virus vaccine

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  • Inactivated vaccines consist of virus particles that
    have been grown in culture and then are killed using a method such as heat or formaldehyde to lose disease producing capacity, while still stimulating an
    immune response
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Examples of Inactivated virus vaccine

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(Sinopharm & Sinovac)

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Mild to Moderate Case Control Measures in COVID-19

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Severe Case Control Measures in COVID-19

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Contact Control Measures in COVID-19

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Epidemic Control Measures in COVID-19

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Refer to general epidemiology + Mass vaccination

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