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Vaccine Safety

During the past 100 years, pharmaceutical companies have made vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib), pneumococcus, meningococcus, rotavirus, and human papillomavirus, among others ( Table 83.1 )…

Rotavirus Vaccines

## Rotaviruses were the leading cause of severe dehydrating diarrhea in infants and young children throughout the world before rotavirus vaccines became available. Most children were infected by the time they reached 2 to 3 years of age. , Even…