Approximately 100 deaths per year nationally occur from complications of varicella. Diphtheria Diphtheria is an acute infectious disease of the nose, throat, respiratory passages or skin caused by bacteria usually passed, via coughing or sneezing, from one infected person to the nose or throat of another. Symptoms include the gradual onset of a sore throat, a low-grade fever, and weakness. A thick mucus membrane often covers the entire throat and extends to respiratory passages, making it difficult to breathe. The lymph nodes of the neck tend to be enlarged.
Diphtheria can lead to heart failure, paralysis and death.
Before a vaccine was available, Hib disease was the most common cause of meningitis in children under the age of five, and often led to pneumonia, skin infections, hearing loss, permanent brain injury or death. The disease is spread through the air by coughing and sneezing. Symptoms of illness include a high fever, severe headache, stiff neck, quiet or withdrawn behavior, sensitivity to light, vomiting, ear infections and convulsions. Hepatitis A Hepatitis A is an infection of the liver caused by the hepatitis A virus. It is spread from person to person by putting something in the mouth that has been contaminated with the stool of an infected person.