But despite the extreme rarity of human rabies in the United States, public health officials believe that mass immunization of wild animals would be useful, and well worth the cost.
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Adults over 50 will not be vaccinated because they would have become immune from exposure to the polio virus before mass immunization was introduced in the early 1960s, Hull added.
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The mass immunization would kill all the polio viruses in the bodies and in the environment, said E . G . P . Haran, an adviser to National Immunization Day Program.
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In addition to his responsibility for patient care and fundraising, Clack took an active part in the mass immunization programs which were launched by the Salk Institute at La Jolla, California.
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But Dochterman said at least as important is the ability of Rotary to call on 1 . 2 million members in 155 countries to mobilize volunteers help carry out mass immunizations.
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Diphtheria, cholera and tuberculosis are making a comeback following the breakdown of the former Soviet Union, when the fragile economies of the new states led to a neglect of mass immunization and increased migration.
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For example, said Dr . Steve Cochi, chief of polio eradication in the CDC's national immunization program, Chinese President Jiang Zemin helped administer vaccinations to young children during a mass immunization day last year.
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The serum run had such an immediate and dramatic impact on public attitudes toward inoculations that by the end of the year the introduction of mass immunization programs had all but eliminated the disease.
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They were part of the largest mass immunization of its kind in Los Angeles County, all caused by potentially tainted strawberries that were served to some 9, 000 children and adults last week and Monday.
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New Zealand will launch a mass immunization program next month, targeting 1.5 million young people in a bid to combat a meningitis B outbreak which has killed more than 200 people in the past 13 years.
