GENERIC NAME: hepatitis A vaccine. DRUG CLASS AND MECHANISM: Hepatitis A vaccine (Havrix, Vaqta) is used to prevent hepatitis A, a type of liver disease that is caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV).epatitis A vaccine was approved in 2005. PRESCRIBED FOR: Hepatitis A vaccine is used to prevent hepatitis A. Hepatitis A vaccine can be used in persons 1 year of age and older. Although anyone can be infected with hepatitis A, certain people are at high risk and should be routinely vaccinated.
A deficiency is generally a lack of something. It may also refer to: 1  A deficient number, in mathematics, a number n for which Ï (n n. 2  Angular deficiency, in geometry, the difference between a sum of angles and the corresponding sum in a Euclidean plane.
(November 2007) Immunodeficiency (or immune deficiency) is a state in which the immune system's ability to fight infectious disease and cancer is compromised or entirely absent. Most cases of immunodeficiency are acquired (secondary) due to extrinsic factors that affect the patient's immune system.