vaccination

Chapter: 9b
The common term for immunization. It derives from the Latin vacca, cow, since the original smallpox immunization was derived from cowpox, and vaccination consisted of passing the infection by scarification (scratching the skin) from cow to human.

References

  1. MMWR 43 (RR1), 1994. CDC General Recommendations on Immunization.

  2. MMWR 42 (RR4), 1993. Use of vaccines and immune globulins in persons with altered immunocompetence.

  3. MMWR 44(RR5), 1995. CDC Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule, United States, 1995.

  4. Plotkin, S, and Mortimer, S. Vaccines. 2nd Edition, Saunders, 1995. A recent text discussing all available and experimental vaccines, plus an excellent history of vaccination.