Viral Diseases and Vaccines Flashcards
Hepatitis A
HAVrix vaccine, or Twinrix vaccine
Hepatitis B
Recombivax (newborns), Twinrix. Universal Precautions.
Hepatitis C
NO VACCINE. Universal Precautions. NAT Test for blood transfusions.
HSV-1
NO VACCINE.
HSV-2
Vaccine for women who have never had HSV. Will decrease neonatal transmission.
Herpetic Whitlow
No Vaccine
Chicken Pox
Varivax vaccine (live attenuated), subsequent exposures acts as booster
Shingles
Zostavax Vaccine. for people over the age of 60
Mono
No Vaccine. Wash hands
Measles
MMR vaccine. 2 shots after 1 year of age
Mumps
MMR vaccine. 2 shots after 1 year of age
Rubella
MMR vaccine. 2 shots after 1 year of age
Polio
IPV (Injected Polio Vaccine). eliminates VAPP (Vaccine Associated Paralytic Polio)
RSV
NO VACCINE. Universal Precautions. Contact Isolation.
Hantavirus
NO VACCINE. Limit exposure to rodent excreta.
HPV
2 Vaccines: Gardasil and HPV4. Target 6, 11, 16, and 18 (16 and 18 related to cervical cancer)
Ebola
2 experimental vaccines. works in guinea pigs, mice, monkeys. Now in safety tests with humans.
Influenza
Yearly Vaccine: Trivalent (3 different flu viruses, 2 A and 1 B) people over 6 months old. Flucazone: people over 65.
Bird Flu
Vaccine, but difficult to create because virus mutates so often and is difficult to produce in hen eggs.
Rabies
Vaccine - 4 doses, can vaccinate after exposure because of long incubation time
Rotovirus
2 vaccines: live, and oral. RotaTeq
Norovirus
No Vaccine. Wash hands
HIV
No Vaccine.
