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In developing countries that suffer from malnutrition and vitamin A deficiency, measles has been known to kill as many as 1 out of 4 people and it is the leading cause of blindness among African children. [49] A child with measles showing the characteristic red blotchy rash on his buttocks and back during the 3rd day of the rash
American vaccinologist Maurice Hilleman's team developed a chickenpox vaccine in the United States in 1981, based on the "Oka strain" of the varicella virus. [16] [17] [18] The chickenpox vaccine first became commercially available in 1984. [10] It is on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines. [19] [20]
Pox parties, also known as flu parties, are social activities in which children are deliberately exposed to infectious diseases such as chickenpox.Such parties originated to "get it over with" before vaccines were available for a particular illness or because childhood infection might be less severe than infection during adulthood, according to proponents.
The chicken pox vaccine became available in the U.S. in 1995 and, since then, cases of the virus in the U.S. have plummeted. But chicken pox still emerges from time to time. Montana public health ...
1984 – First vaccine for chicken pox; 1985 – First vaccine for Haemophilus influenzae type b (HiB) 1989 – First vaccine for Q fever [12] 1990 – First vaccine for hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; 1991 – First vaccine for hepatitis A [13] 1998 – First vaccine for Lyme disease; 1998 – First vaccine for rotavirus [14]
In 2015 chickenpox resulted in 6,400 deaths globally – down from 8,900 in 1990. [6] [15] Death occurs in about 1 per 60,000 cases. [9] Chickenpox was not separated from smallpox until the late 19th century. [9] In 1888 its connection to shingles was determined. [9] The first documented use of the term chicken pox was in 1658. [16]
History does not recount any incidents of cholera until the 19th century. Cholera came in seven waves, the last two of which occurred in the 20th century. [citation needed] The first cholera pandemic started in 1816, spread across India by 1820, [18] and extended to Southeast Asia and Central Europe, lasting until 1826.
The VICP covers all vaccines listed on the Vaccine Injury Table maintained by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; in 2007 the list included vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), measles, mumps, rubella (German measles), polio, hepatitis B, varicella (chicken pox), Haemophilus influenzae type b, rotavirus, and ...