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What is Vaccine

Chapter 10
Handbook of Research on Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Threats and Impacts of Pandemics
A vaccine is a substance that contain weakened or inactive parts of a particular organism (antigen) that triggers an immune response within the body.
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Optimal Choice of Vaccination Scheduling in a Population Composed of Two Groups
Oğuz Gürerk (Boğaziçi University, Turkey) and Mustafa Akan (Haliç University, Turkey)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 17
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8674-7.ch010
Abstract
In this chapter, the authors present a simple model to determine the optimal choice of vaccination scheduling for a society composed of two groups of individuals in order to minimize the economic loss only, assuming herd immunity. First, a simple classical SIR model is presented to form the basis of the analysis; second, the model is revised to include the effects of vaccination which in turn will be extended to include two heterogeneous groups of individuals forming a society. The solutions of relevant differential equations will then be used to calculate the total economic cost of each scenario presented.
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Chapter 3
Post-Pandemic Global Inequalities: Causes and Measures
Vaccine is a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases, prepared from the causative agent of a disease, its products, or a synthetic substitute, treated to act as an antigen without inducing the disease.
Published in Chapter: Post-Pandemic Global Inequalities: Causes and Measures; From: Emerging Trends and Insights on Economic Inequality in the Wake of Global Crises
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Chapter 3
Social Media and Health Communication: Vaccine Refusal/Hesitancy
Chemicals that contain very low doses, conjugated, diluted and attenuated pathogenic microorganisms (i.e., viruses, bacteria), and/or their polysaccharides, given to the body to provide immunity against certain diseases.
Published in Chapter: Social Media and Health Communication: Vaccine Refusal/Hesitancy; From: Handbook of Research on Representing Health and Medicine in Modern Media
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Chapter 8
Topical Repute on Artificial Intelligence-Based Approaches in COVID-19 Supervision: Distinct Kingpin on Drug Re-Purposing Blueprint
Obtained from the causative agent of a disease or from its products or a synthetic substitute, which elicits an immune response by acting as an antigen without inducing the disease in the recipient.
Published in Chapter: Topical Repute on Artificial Intelligence-Based Approaches in COVID-19 Supervision: Distinct Kingpin on Drug Re-Purposing Blueprint; From: Principles and Methods of Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
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Chapter 8
In the Heat of the COVID-19 Vaccine Apartheid: Where Do Libraries Stand?
Preparation that is used to stimulate the body's immune response against diseases. It is usually administered through needle injections, but some can be administered by mouth or sprayed into the nose.
Published in Chapter: In the Heat of the COVID-19 Vaccine Apartheid: Where Do Libraries Stand?; From: Library and Media Roles in Information Hygiene and Managing Information
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Chapter 16
Body, Exercise, and Health: Culture and Society in Portugal in the 21st Century
Until a safe vaccine against COVID-19 was produced, public reactions went back to the same basic health fears known in the past, when science was far from giving answers to serious health problems.
Published in Chapter: Body, Exercise, and Health: Culture and Society in Portugal in the 21st Century; From: Handbook of Research on Urban Tourism, Viral Society, and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Chapter 11
Using Info-Graphics in Raising Consciousness to Confront the Newly Discovered Coronavirus (COVID-19): A Descriptive Study
Kind of drugs which are used to prevent spreading diseases, specially the dangerous ones. Its importance emerges in times of pandemics.
Published in Chapter: Using Info-Graphics in Raising Consciousness to Confront the Newly Discovered Coronavirus (COVID-19): A Descriptive Study; From: Societal Resilience and Response to Contagious Diseases and Pandemics
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Chapter 8
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Tourism Economy: Evidence From Borsa Istanbul
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Chapter 9
The Importance of Focus on Mental Health During a Pandemic
Any preparation so used to produce immunity to a specific disease.
Published in Chapter: The Importance of Focus on Mental Health During a Pandemic; From: Educational Recovery for PK-12 Education During and After a Pandemic
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Chapter 5
Incisive Real-Time Biosafety Decision-Making Under Societal Reopening: An Ego-Level Decision-Tree Understructure for a Serious Game (in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era)
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