Poliomyelitis Vaccine (Inactivated)
Prophylaxis of poliomyelitis.
Imovax Polio is a vaccine that protects against polio. Polio Virus is a neurological disease that damages nerves, potentially leading to permanently weakened muscles or paralysis. Polio can be contracted from drinking water or eating food containing the polio virus, and can be spread from person to person.
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This vaccine is indicated for adults over 18 years of age in the following cases:
Routine booster vaccinations against diphtheria and tetanus. The diphtheria toxoid content is redused to one tenth of the normal dose to minimize the risks of a severe hypersensitivity reaction.
Primary vaccination.
Post-exposure prophylaxis following a tetanus-prone wound, if a booster diphtheria injection is required. This adsorbed diphtheria and tetanus vaccine may be administered as a boster vaccination in children over 10 years of age in whom poliomyelitis is prevented by separate administration of poliomyelitis vaccine.
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Diphtheria
Tetanus
(Live)
Prevention of yellow fever.
Yellow fever is a disease spread through the bites of mosquitoes infected by the virus. Stamaril is primarily given to people who are travelling to, passing through or living in an area where yellow fever occurs frequently.
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Typhoid polysaccharide vaccine.
Typhoid fever is an infectious disease that may be caught from food and drink containing the bacteria (Salmonella enterica, subtype typhi) that cause the illness. Typhim vaccine is indicated for active immunization against typhoid fever for persons two years of age or older.
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VAXIGRIP PEDIATRIC USE
(split virion, inactivated)
For the prevention of influenza, particularly in children aged from 6 to 35 months who run an increased risk of associated complications.
VAXIGRIP
(split virion, inactivated)
For the prevention of influenza,ֲ helps to protect against the seasonal flu. It contains three different strains of virus that have been inactivated
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Prevention of rabies in children and adults.
Rabies is a serious and almost always fatal disease caused by a virus present in animals, and can be caught when bitten by an infected animal. The vaccine can be used before and after exposure, as a primary vaccination or as a booster dose.
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Prevention in infants of invasive diseases caused by Haemophilus influenza type B (meningities septicemia cellulitis arthritis epiglotitis).
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Conjugated vaccine
Active immunization of individuals 9 months through 55 years of age for the prevention of invasive meningococcal disease caused by N meningitides serogroups A,C,Y and W-135.
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Hepatitis A vaccine (inactivated, adsorbed)
AVAXIM 80 U PEDIATRIC
Avaxim 80 U pediatric is indicated for active immunization against infection caused by Hepatitis a virus in children aged from 12 months to 15 years inclusive, who are at risk either of contaminating or spreading infection or of a life threatening disease if infected.
AVAXIM 160 U
Hepatitis A infection is due to a virus that attacks the liver. It may be caught from food or drink containing the virus.
For active immunization against infection caused by Hepatitis A virus in adults and adolescents over the age of 15.
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