Glossary

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  • Peptide vaccine

    A vaccine that stimulates antibody production against specific amino acid sequences, e.g., those expressed on the surface of pathogens or cancer cells.  

  • Mumps vaccine

    A live attenuated vaccine used to prevent mumps. Its use should be governed by the same restrictions listed for live attenuated measles virus vaccine.  

  • Meningococcal vaccine

    A vaccine prepared from bacterial polysaccharides from certain types of meningococci. Meningococcal polysaccharide vaccines A, C, Y, and W135 are available for preventing diseases caused by those serogroups. A vaccine for meningococcal serogroup B is not available.  

  • Lyme disease vaccine

    A vaccine that uses as an antigen either the outer surface protein (OspA) of Borrelia burgdorferi (the spirochete that causes Lyme disease) or the decorin protein of the same microbe. Lyme vaccine is available in the U.S. for veterinary use only.  

  • Live rubella virus vaccine

    An attenuated virus vaccine used to prevent rubella (German measles). All nonpregnant susceptible women of childbearing age should be provided with this vaccine to prevent fetal infection and the congenital rubella syndrome (i.e., possible fetal death, prematurity, impaired hearing, cataract, mental retardation, and other serious conditions).  

  • Live measles virus vaccine

    A standardized attenuated virus vaccine for use in immunizing against measles.  

  • Live measles and rubella virus vaccine

    A standardized vaccine containing attenuated measles and rubella viruses.  

  • Live measles and mumps virus vaccine

    A standardized vaccine containing attenuated measles and mumps viruses.  

  • Live attenuated measles (rubelola) virus vaccine

    A vaccine prepared from live strains of the measles virus. It is the preferred form except in patients who have one of the following: lymphoma, leukemia, or other generalized malignancy; radiation therapy; pregnancy; active tuberculosis; egg sensitivity; prolonged treatment with drugs that suppress the immune response (i.e., corticosteroids or antimetabolites); or administration of gamma globulin,…

  • Live attenuated influenza vaccine

    A live virus vaccine made with influenza viruses adapted to replicate in the nose, sinuses, and pharynx but not in the lower respiratory tract. LAIV is typically administered by nasal inhalation rather than by intramuscular injection.