Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Benefits to Society that Immunisation Brings (Diseases (Chickenpox (Highly…
Benefits to Society that Immunisation Brings
Diseases
Chickenpox
Highly contagious, viral infection that causes red, itchy lesions which are often accompanied by fever.
Hepatitis B
Most common liver infection in the world and kills one in four people with chronic hepatitis b through liver cancer.
Whooping Cough
The whooping cough, otherwise known as pertussis, highly contagious respiratory infection that cause a whooping cough where the air is sucked back into the lungs. After coughing bouts vomitting episodes are common. This disease is known to kill babies and young children.
Immunisation vs Vaccination
Immunisation
The process where a person is made immune or resistant to an infectious disease typically by vaccination.
Vaccination
Stimulates the body's immune system to protect the recipient against infection or disease.
Immunisation and its effects on Diseases
Chickenpox
Helps to protect against serious complications associated with chickenpox and also protects them from developing shingles later in life.
Hepatitis B
The immunisation itself is less affective as its duration is unknown.
Whooping cough
Protects not only the person vaccinated from whooping cough but also the community as the disease is highly infectious.