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Table 1 Vaccine-preventable viral diseases as defined by CDC Atlanta [175].

From: Models of RNA virus evolution and their roles in vaccine design

Disease

Virus

Type of vaccine

Viral hepatitis

hepatitis A

inactivated

 

hepatitis B

recombinant (subunit, surface antigen)

Flu

influenza

inactivated

Mumps

mumps virus

live attenuated, MMR vaccine1,

Measles

morbilivirus

live attenuated, MMR vaccine1

Polio

poliovirus

live attenuated, Sabin strain

  

inactivated, Salk strain

Rubella

rubella virus

live attenuated, MMR vaccine1

Cervical cancer

human papillomavirus

inactivated

Japanese encephalitis

Japanese encephalitis virus

inactivated

Children severe diarrhea

rotavirus

live attenuated

Rabies

rabies virus

inactivated virus

Smallpox

smallpox

live attenuated vaccinia virus2

Varicella (chickenpox, shingles), herpes zoster

varicella-zoster virus

live attenuated

Yellow fever

yellow fever virus

live attenuated

  1. 1 MMR is a triple vaccine including Mumps, Measels, and Rubella vaccine.
  2. 2 Small pox vaccine is no longer routinely administered because of eradication of smallpox. The vaccine consists of a stock of vaccinia virus, a smallpox-related virus which does not cause disease in humans.