Vaccination
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vaccination-178-13605972
title:
Vaccination
text:
Vaccination is the administration of a vaccine to help the immune system develop immunity from a disease. Vaccines contain a microorganism or virus in a weakened, live or killed state, or proteins or toxins from the organism. In stimulating the body's adaptive immunity, they help prevent sickness from an infectious disease. When a sufficiently large percentage of a population has been vaccinated, herd immunity results. Herd immunity protects those who may be immunocompromised and cannot get a va
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description:
Administration of a vaccine to protect against disease
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccination
date created:
2001-06-11T18:14:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T15:29:42Z
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