In comparison, Guinea worm disease is an obscure condition and has no vaccine.
To make matters worse, it may turn out that no vaccine will work on every strain of the AIDS virus.
Hepatitis C has been described as an "approaching epidemic" - and unlike hepatitis A and B, there is no vaccine against it.
There is no vaccine against the strain, the commission said, adding it was currently testing to assess its ability to infect humans.
No vaccine can offer a 100% guarantee of protection against an infection.
But the 2009 H1N1 virus is a hybrid of swine, avian and human strains, and no vaccine has been developed for it.
Against that there would be no vaccine, and probably no handy antidote.
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There is no vaccine and no cure, although drugs can extend lives.
Dengue fever -- a flu-like illness which can be fatal and for which there is no vaccine -- blanketed Latin America in 1995.
While no vaccine exists for hepatitis C, early detection and treatment can curb transmission, limit the disease's progression, and prevent life-threatening complications, including liver cancer.
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No vaccine or specific treatment is available for dengue, although severe cases may require patients to need intravenous rehydration to ensure adequate levels of body fluid.
Dr. Robert Gallo, co-discoverer of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS, said last week there was a "serious possibility" no vaccine would ever be discovered.
There is currently no vaccine or anti-viral treatment available.
The Department of Health also holds a strategic reserve of about 400, 000 doses as an "insurance policy" in case there are problems with supply and manufacturers have no vaccine supplies available to order.
No cattle vaccine is available, and one with the ability to provide near whole herd immunity is years away.
There is no single vaccine against whooping cough, so the jab being offered to pregnant women will also protect against diphtheria, tetanus and polio.
In diseases for which there is no private vaccine market, such as pandemic influenza, or for which cases are concentrated in poor countries, such as malaria and tuberculosis, governments and public-private partnerships have stepped in to subsidize development.
No therapeutic cancer vaccine had ever made it to the market here, despite numerous attempts.
And there is no guarantee that any vaccine currently in trials will make it to patients.
There was no swine-flu vaccine, so government turned to the drug industry for help.
But the president said the question is no longer whether a vaccine can be created, but simply when.
They found no link between the vaccine with autism or bowel disease, which has also been linked with the vaccine.
The high court ultimately agreed with WLF that Congress mandated preemption of design defect claims when it adopted the Vaccine Act, which established a national, comprehensive, no-fault compensation program for vaccine-related injuries.
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In contrast, the American Psychiatric Association highlights the fact that a phase 3 study of the vaccine reported in 2011 yielded disappointing clinical results, demonstrating that the vaccine was no more effective than placebo.
Like creationists, the anti-vaccine crowd has no patience for actual science, only pseudo-science that confirms their bias.
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The study found no evidence that the influenza vaccine increased the risk of fetal death in pregnant women.
Dr Vitetta told New Scientist magazine that the vaccine also had no side-effects.
Instead, a vocal minority argued vehemently that the vaccine was of no benefit.
The causes of the flu vaccine shortage take no Sherlock Holmes to uncover: de facto price controls, overregulation and fear of lawsuits.
We can no longer assume that a vaccine acts independently of other vaccines, or that it influences only infections caused by the target disease.
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