Disease | Vaccine | Disease spread by | Disease symptoms |
Chickenpox | Varicella vaccine protects against chickenpox. | Air, direct contact | Rash, tiredness, headache, fever |
Diphtheria | DTaP* vaccine protects against diphtheria. | Air, direct contact | Sore throat, mild fever, weakness, swollen glands in neck |
Hib | Hib vaccine protects against Haemophilus influenzae type b. | Air, direct contact | May be no symptoms unless bacteria enter the blood |
Hepatitis A | HepA vaccine protects against hepatitis A. | Direct contact, contaminated food or water | May be no symptoms, fever, stomach pain, loss of appetite, fatigue, vomiting, jaundice (yellowing of skin and eyes), dark urine |
Hepatitis B | HepB vaccine protects against hepatitis B. | Contact with blood or body fluids | May be no symptoms, fever, headache, weakness, vomiting, jaundice (yellowing of skin and eyes), joint pain |
Influenza (Flu) | Flu vaccine protects against influenza. | Air, direct contact | Fever, muscle pain, sore throat, cough, extreme fatigue |
Measles | MMR** vaccine protects against measles. | Air, direct contact | Rash, fever, cough, runny nose, pink eye |
Mumps | MMR**vaccine protects against mumps. | Air, direct contact | Swollen salivary glands (under the jaw), fever, headache, tiredness, muscle pain |
Pertussis | DTaP* vaccine protects against pertussis (whooping cough). | Air, direct contact | Severe cough, runny nose, apnea (a pause in breathing in infants) |
Polio | IPV vaccine protects against polio. | Air, direct contact, through the mouth | May be no symptoms, sore throat, fever, nausea, headache |
Pneumococcal | PCV13 or Pneumovax 23 vaccines protect against pneumococcus. | Air, direct contact | May be no symptoms, pneumonia (infection in the lungs) |
Rotavirus | RV vaccine protects against rotavirus. | Through the mouth | Diarrhea, fever, vomiting |
Rubella | MMR** vaccine protects against rubella. | Air, direct contact | Sometimes rash, fever, swollen lymph nodes |
Tetanus | DTaP* vaccine protects against tetanus (0 – 6 yrs). Tdap (7 yrs – up). | Exposure through cuts in skin | Stiffness in neck and abdominal muscles, difficulty swallowing, muscle spasms, fever |
Shingles | Shingrix vaccine protects against shingles. | reactivation of varicella-zoster virus (chickenpox) | painful rash that blisters, acute pain described as aching, burning, stabbing, or shock-like |
Typhoid | Typhoid vaccine protects against typhoid fever. | contaminated food and water | low to high fever, headache and body pain, loss of appetite and weight loss, dry cough, sweating, abdominal pain, swelling in abdomen, diarrhea or constipation, itching or rashes |