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A 2-Month-Old Infant Is Scheduled for Immunizations

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A 2-month-old infant is scheduled for immunizations. Which ones should the child receive and how should they be administered? The baby's father asks whether the vaccines will make his daughter sick. What can you tell him about the typical side effects of these vaccinations?


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Protists

Eukaryotic organisms that are not classified as animals, plants, or fungi, often unicellular or simple multicellular, including amoebas, algae, and protozoa.

Trypanosoma

A genus of parasitic protozoa known to cause diseases such as sleeping sickness in humans and animals.

African Sleeping Sickness

A parasitic disease caused by Trypanosoma brucei, transmitted by the tsetse fly, characterized by fever, headaches, joint pains, and sleep disturbances.

Excavates

A group of unicellular organisms, often flagellates, characterized by a distinct cellular structure, including a feeding groove.

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