Woe is me!

Yep, often spread on the hands, after touching infected areas, so hand washing is very important.

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Not meaning to hijack the thread, but since vaccination has been discussed, here's an example of why its so important for at least 95% of the population to be vaccinated.

Anti-vaxxers partly responsible for Europe's highest measles cases in a decade - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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A good friend nearly died several years ago in Mongolia from measles.
Many locals did, it was a full on epidemic.
She still small aftereffects, a slight hand shake occasionally.

Malaria is also a huge threat worldwide.

Listening to the ABC today, Anyone over the age of 15 can decide to have vaccinations without Parent approval. A huge spike in vaccinations down Logan way, apparently.

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Malaria is also a huge threat worldwide.

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is there a vaccine for that?

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Originally Posted by Eevo

is there a vaccine for that?

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Not really. But it has been being worked on for at least the last fifty years. Part of the problem is that malaria is a parasite, not a virus or bacterium, that reproduces rapidly and evolves rapidly.

The only approved vaccine as of 2015 is RTS,S (commercial name Mosquirix). It requires four injections, and has a relatively low efficacy.

good thing i live in adelaide then.

in theory a virus or bacterium, would evolve more rapidly.

A friend got malaria in PNG about 30 years ago and still has outbreaks even now. Apparently he has been told he will have it for life.

I stopped getting recurrences after about twenty years. My late brother in law, who got it there in 1942 stopped getting recurrences in about 1965.

But I don't think there is any guarantee!

There is a new vax for shingles being approved in Oz called Shingrix , supposed to be 90% more effective than zostavax . Quit a lot of info on the net .