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The 67 pages that link to Vaccination, each with the reason it gives.

• Public healthRelated: Vaccination reduces infection and can protect populations through community-level immunity.

• ZoonosisRelated: Vaccinating people or animal hosts can interrupt particular zoonotic transmission chains.

• Sexually transmitted infectionRelated: Vaccines can prevent some sexually transmitted infections, notably HPV and hepatitis B.

• ExternalityRelated: Vaccination can protect people beyond the person receiving it by reducing transmission.

• Germ theory of diseaseRelated: Vaccines prevent diseases by preparing immune defenses against their infectious agents.

• PathogenRelated: Vaccines prepare host defenses against selected pathogens before exposure.

• B cellRelated: Vaccines can elicit B-cell memory and antibodies against selected antigens.

• Collective action problemRelated: People may rely on population-level protection while declining the personal cost of vaccination.

• Herd immunityRelated: Vaccination raises population immunity without requiring widespread infection.

• Immune systemRelated: It trains adaptive defenses to respond more effectively to later infection.

• SmallpoxNarrower topic: Smallpox eradication became the clearest demonstration of vaccination’s population-level power.

• VirusRelated: Vaccines prepare immune defenses to recognize viral infection.

• Veterinary medicineRelated: Vaccination prevents infectious disease in individual animals and populations.

• InfectionRelated: Vaccination can prevent some infections or reduce their severity.

• Infectious diseaseRelated: Vaccination can prevent infection or reduce the risk of severe disease.

• Immunological memoryRelated: Vaccines aim to establish immune memory without requiring the disease itself.

• LymphocyteRelated: Vaccines aim to generate durable B- and T-cell responses.

• Innate immune systemRelated: Vaccines primarily train adaptive responses while relying on innate signals to initiate them.

• Infection prevention and controlCompared with: Vaccination reduces susceptibility, complementing measures that block exposure and transmission.

• Free-rider problemRelated: When immunity protects a community, some people may rely on others’ vaccination.

• African wild dogRelated: Vaccinating domestic dogs can reduce disease transmission near wild dog ranges.

• ImmunologyRelated: Vaccination deliberately uses immune memory to prevent future disease.

• Adaptive immune systemRelated: It trains adaptive immunity to respond to a pathogen without requiring the disease itself.

• Intramuscular injectionRelated: Many vaccines are formulated for delivery into muscle.

• Preventive medicineRelated: Vaccination trains immune defenses before exposure to the targeted pathogen.

• Basic reproduction numberRelated: Vaccination reduces the susceptible fraction and can bring transmission below replacement.

• EpidemicRelated: Vaccination can reduce susceptibility and transmission during an epidemic.

• Health behaviorRelated: Choosing vaccination is a preventive behavior that can also protect communities.

• Primary preventionRelated: It creates protection against infection before exposure leads to disease.

• BacteriologyRelated: Bacteriological research identified pathogens and informed vaccines against bacterial diseases.

• Centers for Disease Control and PreventionNarrower topic: The CDC develops schedules and recommendations that guide vaccination in the United States.

• MedicineBroader topic: Vaccination demonstrates how preventive medicine can reduce illness across populations.

• Bacterial infectionRelated: Vaccines prevent several bacterial diseases before infection becomes established.

• Infection controlCompared with: Vaccination reduces susceptibility, complementing measures that interrupt exposure and transmission.

• Infectious disease transmissionRelated: Vaccination can reduce susceptibility and, for some infections, lower transmission.

• PandemicRelated: Vaccines can reduce infection, severe disease, or transmission during a pandemic.

• BronchiectasisRelated: Vaccines help prevent some respiratory infections that can worsen lung disease.

• Edward JennerNarrower topic: The word and practice grew from Jenner’s use of cowpox, named variolae vaccinae.

• Canine distemperNarrower topic: Vaccinating domestic dogs can reduce disease and lower spillover risk to wildlife.

• Médecins Sans FrontièresRelated: Vaccination campaigns are among MSF’s tools for preventing disease during emergencies.

• Mosquito-borne diseaseRelated: Vaccines can prevent some mosquito-borne diseases, including yellow fever and dengue.

• SyringeRelated: Syringes commonly deliver injectable vaccines into muscle or other tissue.

• COVID-19 lockdownsCompared with: Vaccines offered a way to reduce severe disease without relying on movement restrictions.

• Ethiopian wolfRelated: Vaccinating dogs and, in some outbreaks, wolves helps limit disease transmission.

• History of biologyRelated: Biological knowledge of immunity enabled a major tool for preventing infectious disease.

• Pathogen transmissionRelated: Vaccination can reduce the chance that exposure leads to infection or onward spread.

• Preventive healthcareRelated: Vaccination prevents infections before they cause illness and can reduce transmission across populations.

• Passive immunityCompared with: Vaccines generally stimulate active immunity rather than transferring ready-made antibodies.

• Medical microbiologyRelated: Microbial characterization informs vaccine design and evaluation.

• Antibiotic use in livestockCompared with: Vaccines can prevent some infections without selecting bacteria through antibiotic exposure.