Acronyms
A "VIS" is short for this form that is distributed at the time of vaccination to educate the patient about the benefits and risks of receiving a vaccine.
What is Vaccine Information Statement? (Slide 2)
This flu pandemic was the deadliest on record with an estimate 500 million people becoming ill and 20 million people dying across the globe. It was reported to have started in a European country; but that's a misnomer.
What is the Spanish Flu? (Slide 5)
For over 70 years, this type of vaccine starts its production when using candidate vaccine viruses (CVVs) that are grown in chicken eggs per current FDA regulatory requirements.
What is inactivated vaccine? (Slide 7,8,9,10)
A clinical term for "new" used to describe an influenza virus, for instance when people become infected with animal flu viruses or a human seasonal flu virus that changed "abruptly and significantly?"
What is "novel?" (Slide 13)
This rare disorder in which a person's own immune system damages their nerve cells; it is listed on the VIS as GBS.
What is Guillain-Barré Syndrome? (Slide 3)
This H5N1 influenza strain in 1997 made 18 people sick, with 6 dying, and prompting the development of pandemic flu response plans globally. (Hint: it's named after an animal).
What is the Avian Flu? (Slide 6)
In March 2024, the FDA's Vaccines and Related Advisory Committe (VRBPAC) met and recommended that all U.S. flu vaccines be this (think how many vaccine components are included.)
What is Trivalent? (Slide 11)
There are 4 types Influenza viruses - A, B, C, D. This types of influenza virus is the only one known to cause a pandemic.
What is Influenza A? (Slide 14)
This national surveillance program (VAERS) administered by the FDA collects and analyzes data from reports of adverse vaccine reactions.
What is VAERS - Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System? (Slide 4)
After the 1957-1958 flu pandemic, in 1960, the U.S. Public Health Service recommends this activity for people in the U.S. who are at high risk of flu complications.
What is flu vaccinations?
In this year, the first flu vaccine was licensed and made available to the general population after first being used on the U.S. military. Hint: it is the same year WWII ended.
What is 1945? (Slide 12)
A protein on the surface of an influenza (flu) virus that can stimulate an immune response. It is the component of the flu vaccine that prompts your body's immune response.
What is an Antigen? (Slide 15)