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… Punjabi Document Spanish Document Vietnamese Influenza vaccines are a safe and effective way to help people stay … can cause serious illness and even death. The influenza vaccines available in B.C. are either inactivated or live attenuated vaccines. The inactivated influenza vaccine is made of …
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… weeks before travel. The travel clinic may recommend travel vaccines depending on where you are going, what you plan to … infants can receive the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine at as young as 6 months of age. Infants usually receive this vaccine at 12 months of age in Canada. Two additional doses …
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… soon as possible. If you have not completed a hepatitis B vaccine series or have not had HBV infection before, … hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIg) and/or hepatitis B vaccine may be recommended. If HBIg is recommended, it works … may need to have blood tests and HBIg and/or hepatitis B vaccine. There is no cure for chronic HBV infection, but …
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… children are behind in immunization or at risk for certain vaccine-preventable diseases). Most of the time, the vaccines are given by nurses at immunization clinics held at schools. Children may also get vaccines at a health unit, youth clinic, doctor's office or …
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… to hepatitis A and are not able to receive the hepatitis A vaccine. This includes children less than 6 months of age … If you have already received 2 doses of the hepatitis A vaccine, you do not need Ig. For more information, go to HealthLinkBC File #33 Hepatitis A Vaccine . How can I prevent measles after exposure? Ig is …
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… and spreading it to others by: Getting an influenza vaccine Staying home when you are ill Washing your hands … shirt sleeve rather than your hands Getting an influenza vaccine can help prevent you from getting sick with … diseases Prevention Frequent hand washing Yearly influenza vaccine and frequent hand washing Treatment No specific …
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… How can I prevent getting or passing HCV? There is no vaccine available for HCV. To prevent hepatitis C … B and hepatitis A). If I have hepatitis C, should I get vaccines for other diseases? Yes. You can also become … disease and influenza. If you have HCV, you receive these vaccines for free from your local public health unit or …
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… of germs . How do I prevent traveller's diarrhea? An oral vaccine to help protect against traveller’s diarrhea caused … risk of complications from traveller’s diarrhea. The vaccine also protects against cholera. For more information, … HealthLinkBC File #41k Traveller’s diarrhea and cholera vaccine . The current vaccine only protects against 1 type …
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… Pertussis, and Polio. You may also need the following vaccines: Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Influenza Rabies Japanese … while being pregnant. You should not have the following vaccines during pregnancy: Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) … (#41f) The pregnant traveller (#41g) Japanese encephalitis vaccine (#41h) Yellow fever vaccine (#41i) Typhoid vaccine …
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… involves getting both rabies immune globulin and the rabies vaccine. For more information see HealthLinkBC File #07b Rabies immune globulin and vaccine . How can rabies be prevented? Vaccinate your pets … products used, including copies of the immune globulin and vaccine labels. Show them to your health care provider in …
