Common Immunizable Diseases: Polio, Chickenpox, Diphtheria and Pertussis
Continuation notes on the diseases prevented by immunisation. Polio is covered from its virology and faecal-oral spread through the WHO acute flaccid paralysis case definition, then varicella with the rash stages, Tzanck smear and Reye's syndrome, followed by diphtheria and pertussis. Vaccine storage, administration sites, contraindications and the reported complication rates close the deck.
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