Vaksinë

Vaksinë is the Albanian word for vaccine. A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease. It typically contains an agent that resembles the disease-causing microorganism and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins, or one of its surface proteins. This agent stimulates the body's immune system to recognize the agent as a threat, destroy it, and keep a record of it, so that the immune system can more easily recognize and destroy any of these microorganisms that it encounters later.

Vaccines are a safe and effective way to prevent disease. They have been credited with saving millions of lives worldwide and are considered one of the most successful public health interventions in history. The development and widespread use of vaccines have led to the eradication or significant reduction of many devastating diseases, such as smallpox, polio, measles, and diphtheria.

The concept of vaccination dates back centuries, with early forms involving the intentional exposure to a mild form of a disease to confer immunity. The modern scientific understanding and development of vaccines began in the late 18th century with Edward Jenner's work on smallpox. Today, a wide range of vaccines are available for numerous infectious diseases, and ongoing research continues to develop new vaccines and improve existing ones. They are administered through various methods, most commonly injection.