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~U. ~RE B~IN~,~GIYEN ~ V~CCINE G~LLEU BOTULINUM TOXOII3 BEC~USE


`~GE C)3 RHIP~('~\\ \\
JU ~RE CONSIUEREU ~T RISF::; OF EXPISURE TO BOTUyISM       BOTULISM C~N
~USE SERIOUS P~R~LYSIS OR E3E(NTH.       IT IS C~USED BY TOXINS THi~i'T
NTERFERE NITH THE NORM~L TR~NSMISSION OF NERVE SICN~LS.
`TULISM C~N ~RISE FRO[~1:
        ~I)     CFJNT~MIN~TEfl FOOO ~ND I~~TER
        (~)     tffi:F.jNTf,M I N~TED NO(JNUS
        (?)     ~ EIOLOC1IC~L [~~RF~RE ~TT~CF::
`(MPTOMS OF BOTULISM C~N BE(3iN ~S E~RLY ~S THREE HOtIRS OR ~S L..~TE
S SEVER~L D~YS ~FTER EXPOSURE TO THE TOXIN.         SYMPTOMS INCLUDE
LURRED VISION,      E,ENER~LI~ED k4E~KNESS, DIFFICU1~TY IN Ski~LLONINC3
ND T~Lr:IN(:~.    TRE~TMENT ~FTER EXPOSURE IS PRIM~RILY SUPPORTIVE
ND THERE IS ~N HNTITOXIi~/,,NTIDOTE NHICH M~Y BE BENEFICI~L.           OUP
RIM~RY PROTE(fTION ~C~INST BOTULINUM TOXIN IS THE USE OF YOUR
HEMIC~L PROTECTIVE MHS~? ~ND OVERG~RMENT.        V~CCIN~TION NITH
OTULINUM TOXOID IS EXPEtTED TO PROVIDE ~DDITION~L PROTECTION FOR
NDIVIDU~LS EXPOSED TO THE TOXIN.         HONEVER  NO Vr9CCINE IS 100
ERCENT EFFECTIVE.       NO OTHER V~CCINE IC. ~V~IL~BLE NHICH C~N GIVE
OU THIS PROTECTIO'~.      THIS~IS (~`N INVESTIG~TION~L  (NOT YET LICENSED)
~CCINE TH~T H~S BEEN S~FELY GIVEN TO OVER 3,OC)O L~BOR~TORY NORkERS
ND SCIENTISTS OVER THE P~S~ ~5 YE~RS.


~GE C)4 RHIP~~~\\\\.
                                       UNDER THE SUPEPk!ICION OF
L)~LIFIED MEDIC~-L PERSONNEL -      ~BOUT 9~ PERCENT OF PEOPLE NHO ~PE
~CCIN~TED REPORT NO SIGNIFIC~NT SIDE EFFECTS BEYOND THE LOCH'L P~IN
XPERIENCED ~T THE TItE THE Y~CCINE IS GIVEN          HANEVER, LIrE OTHEP
~CCINES YOU HHY'E BEEN GIYfEI~,     THIS Ot~E I~1~Y H~VE SOi4E SIDE EFFECTS.
IDE EFFECTS OCCUR IN FOUR PFRCENT TO EIGHT PERCENT OF PEOPLE.             NHEN
HEY OCCUR,      THEY H~RE USU~L[~Y ~T THE CITE OF INJECTION ~ND I-~CLUDE
~IN,  TENDERNESS,     SNELLIN-,   REDNESS, ~ND/OR ITCHING.  ~LL THESE ~PE
OMMON SYMPTOMS NITH THE TYPHOID V~CCINE YOU H~VE H[..RE~DY RECEIVED
HE NUMBER OF THESE LOC~L RF~CTIF1Nc. TENDS TO INCRE~SE ~FTER THE
IRST INJECTION.       RHRELY ~N I!--~DIVIDt)~L MH~Y DEVELOP ~ Sli(~LL LUMP ~T
HE INJECTION SITE NHICH LHSTS FOR SEVER~L D~YS TO NEEkS BEFORE
OING ~N~Y.      LOC~ThL F'...Ei~~CTIONS TH:žT CHN INTWRFERE NITH PFPFORM~NCE OF
OUR DUTIES tARE MUSCLE P~IN (\ND OCCUR IN LESS THR~N ONE PERCENT OF
EOPLE.   RH'~RELN:    LESS TH~N. I  I1'J 1 0)0 INJECTIONS) H~N INDIVIDU(A-t t~1t'Y
E UNiABLE TO PERFORM DUTIES FOR H OHY OR TNO.        ~S NITH HNY
P~CCIN~TIOl--~. ~   ER  R~PE, UNEXPECTED.   POTENTI~LLY SEVERE, SIDE
FFECT NOT PREVIOUSLY OE.SER'.JED COULD OCCUR.      IF YOU PiPE PREGN~NT
T IS NOT k?NON"-~ IF THIS V~CCIl'~E NILL H~RM YOUR UiEORl~ B~BY
 NEVER, MOST VH'CCINES DG NOT HHRM HN UNBORN B~BY NHEN CIVEN TO


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