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KEY CONCEPT Some viral diseases can be prevented with vaccines.

KEY CONCEPT Some viral diseases can be prevented with vaccines. Viruses cause many infectious diseases. There are many examples of viral infections. common cold > 200 viruses Mutate often. Viruses cause many infectious diseases. Influenza Spreads quickly and may cause epidemics

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KEY CONCEPT Some viral diseases can be prevented with vaccines.

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  1. KEY CONCEPT Some viral diseases can be prevented with vaccines.

  2. Viruses cause many infectious diseases • There are many examples of viral infections. • common cold > 200 viruses Mutate often

  3. Viruses cause many infectious diseases • Influenza • Spreads quickly and may cause epidemics or pandemics • New vaccines each year • There are many examples of viral infections.

  4. Viruses cause many infectious diseases • SARS • Severe Acute respiratory Syndrome • Viral respiratory disease that appeared in 2002 • There are many examples of viral infections.

  5. HIV-infected white blood cell Viruses cause many infectious diseases • HIV • Human Immunodeficiency Virus • Retrovirus that destroys white blood cells of the Immune System and eventually causes AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) • There are many examples of viral infections. • The body has natural defenses against viruses.

  6. Vaccines are made from weakened pathogens. • A vaccine stimulates the body’s own immune response. • Vaccines prepare the immune system for a future attack. • Vaccines are the only way to control the spread of viral disease.

  7. Vaccine • Substance that stimulates the body’s own immune response against invasion by pathogens. • Made from the same pathogen that it is supposed to protect against. Made of weakened viruses or parts of viruses that will cause the body to make immunity. • Diseases that have vaccines: chicken pox, hepatitis A, mumps, measles, rabies, influenza • Diseases that do not have vaccines: colds, SARS, HIV, West Nile virus

  8. Norwalk Virus Bad virus for cruise ships: vomiting and diarrhea

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