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Ring vaccination
The vaccination of all susceptible individuals in a prescribed area around an outbreak of an infectious disease. Ring vaccination controls an outbreak by vaccinating and monitoring a ring of people around each infected individual. The idea…
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- Vaccination, serum hepatitis Serum hepatitis is hepatitis B (hep B). Hep B vaccine gives prolonged protection, but 3 shots over a half…
- Gluten enteropathy A condition, also called celiac sprue, in which the absorption of food nutrients through the small intestine…
- Oculomotor nerve The oculomotor nerve is the third cranial nerve. (The cranial nerves emerge from or enter the cranium, the…
- Peptidomimetic A compound that mimics the biological action of a peptide
- Clap Gonorrhea, a bacterial infection transmitted by sexual contact. Gonorrhea is one of the oldest known sexually…
- Syndrome, chromosome 4p- The 4p- syndrome or Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, is a chromosome disorder due to partial deletion of the short…
- Mononeuropathy A disorder of a single nerve or nerve trunk. Mononeuropathies may be due to entrapment, compression, stretch…
- Hypotension Any blood pressure that is below the normal expected for an individual in a given environment. Hypotension is…