SSPE and Natural Immunity from Measles
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a late complication of a natural measles infection.
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Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Smallpox Vaccine
Smallpox has been eradicated, but a smallpox vaccine is still available – just in case.
Anthrax Vaccine
Biothrax, an anthrax vaccine that was first approved in 1970, can be given to those who are at high risk for exposure to anthrax in a series of five doses.
Disappearing Diseases
A common argument of those who push non-standard, parent-selected, delayed protection vaccine schedules is that kids are no long at risk for many vaccine-preventable diseases any more because those diseases have disappeared. After all, when was the last time you saw polio or diphtheria in the United States? How about measles, mumps, or pertussis? Oops.
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