Vaccines are one of the most effective ways to prevent contracting an infectious disease. Below is a list of available vaccines, as well as a link to CDC recommended vaccination schedules.
Vaccine preventable infectious diseases:
- Anthrax
- Cervical Cancer (Human Papillomavirus)
- Diphtheria
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
- Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
- Influenza (Flu)
- Japanese encephalitis (JE)
- Lyme disease (The Lyme disease vaccine is no longer available in the United States.)
- Measles
- Meningococcal
- Monkeypox (The smallpox vaccine is used for this disease.)
- Mumps
- Pertussis
- Pneumococcal
- Polio
- Rabies
- Rotavirus
- Rubella
- Shingles (Herpes Zoster)
- Smallpox
- Tetanus
- Typhoid
- Tuberculosis (TB)
- Varicella (Chickenpox)
- Yellow Fever