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Major viral diseases in children & vaccination. Cairo University Faculty of Agriculture. Under supervision . Dr/ Nabil Higazi . Wafaa Kamal Manar Ragab Yomna Youssef . By: . Hello .
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Major viral diseases in children & vaccination Cairo University Faculty of Agriculture Under supervision Dr/ Nabil Higazi
Wafaa Kamal Manar Ragab Yomna Youssef By:
Hello Viruses are organisms at the edge of life, They cannot grow or multiply on their own and need to enter a host cell and take over the cell to help them multiply Oh ! What a problem! Then vaccines are the solution. A vaccine is a biological preparation improves immunity to a particular disease. vaccines contain either parts of microbes or whole microbes that have been weakened so that they don’t cause disease We are exposed to so many disease either viral or bacterial or so on . What we can do?
process of adsorption Releasing process Entry process Assembly Subjecting host enzymes Replication
Measles disease Caused by Measles Virus Period of Incubation 10-15 days
Symptoms rising of Temperature Dry cough severe cold "Koplik"spots
Excessive sensitivity to light Redness and burning eyes • The rash appears red behind the ears and then on the face, trunk, and covers the body
Methods of transmition direct contact with the infected person sneezing Coughing droplets dispersed From the patient's mouth and nose.
Vaccination MMR vaccine. Vaccine is usually given to children in the age of one, and given again at the age of 4-5 years The second dose is given to the children who fail to develop immunity against measles in the first dose.
new therapy dry powder containing carbon dioxide and weak compounds of the measles virus Surprise measles virus can be used to cure cancer patients and destroy tumor cells.
Polio disease • attack nerve cells Caused by poliovirus • The incubation period is 6–20 • days
Methods of transmition Polio virus • the fecal-oral route • Some cases may be spread directly via an oral to oral route
symptoms Non-paralytic paralytic • Do not lead to paralysis symptoms (including fatigue, malaise, fever, headache, sore throat, vomiting, and Muscle spasms)... this symptoms may only last 1-10days In this cases, poliovirus infection symptoms: including(Loss of reflexes, Muscle aches)
Complications of paralysis • myocarditis • hypertension • pulmonary edema • Pneumonia • Urinary tract infections (UTIs). Include:
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Vaccination Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) Children • get 4 doses of IPV, at these ages: • • A dose at 2 months • • A dose at 4 months • • A dose at 6-18 months • • A booster dose at 4-6 years
Mumps disease Caused by Mumps virus Incubation period 17-19 • Direct with sneezing or coughing • Indirect with infected tools of a patient Methods of transmitions Mumps virus
Symptoms During the first 48 h.: light fever headache muscles pain losing Appetite During the third day: swelling of parotid gland
Meningitis One of the complications of mumps Caused by many types of viruses • herpes simplex virus – • enteroviruses • Mumps virus • Echovirus • Coxsackie virus • Measles virus
Symptoms Sudden fever Vomiting Headache Stiff neck Joints pain Different degrees of Coma
Ray syndrome Major symptoms Fever with sever vomiting Maybe weakness in arms and legs Some times violence Accumulation of fats inside the liver Mental confusion Speaking difficulties