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- vaccine-preventable disease | disease preventable by vaccination
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- Definition an infectious disease for which an effective preventive vaccine exists Reference "Wikipedia > Vaccine-preventable diseases (6.4.2020)"
- Comment The most common and serious vaccine-preventable diseases tracked by the World Health Organization (WHO) are: diphtheria, Haemophilus influenzae serotype b infection, hepatitis B, measles, meningitis, mumps, pertussis, poliomyelitis, rubella, tetanus, tuberculosis and yellow fever. The WHO reports licensed vaccines being available to prevent, or contribute to the prevention and control of, 25 vaccine-preventable infections.