The Adult Immunization Coalition of Central Ohio: Common Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Available Vaccines


	Disease	Vaccine


	Cervical Cancer – cancer that starts in the cervix	HPV – Human Papillomavirus


	Diphtheria – a respiratory disease caused by bacteria	Tetanus-Diphtheria (Td)


	Hepatitis A -a disease of the liver spread by fecal-oral route	Hepatitis A vaccine


	Hepatitis B – a disease of the liver bloodborne contact	Hepatitis B vaccine


	Herpes Zoster (shingles) – a virus of the herpes family	Zoster vaccine


	Influenza – highly infectious respiratory viral disease	Flu shot or Flu Mist


	Measles – a respiratory disease caused by a virus	MMR vaccine


	Meningococcal – a severe bacterial infection can cause meningitis or bloodstream infection	MCV4 or MPSV4


	Mumps – disease of the parotid gland caused by a virus	MMR


	Pertussis (whooping cough) – a respiratory disease caused by bacteria	Tetanus-Diphtheria -Pertussis (Tdap)


	Peumococcal – a type of bacteria	Pneumococcal vaccine


	Polio-a viral disease of the nervous system	Polio


	Rubella (German measles) – a viral disease that causes fever and rash	MMR


	Tetanus (lock jaw) – a bacterial disease of the nervous system	Td or Tdap


	Varicella (chickenpox) -a viral disease that can cause an itchy rash	Varicella vaccine