vaccines and herd immunity Flashcards
small amounts of what and what does this stimulate
what is the definition of a vaccination
small anounts of antigens to stimulate an immune responce against a particular disease
what cells are stimulated what do they not create
whats the definition of a vaccine
memory cells are stimulated to against a disease without cauing any symptoms
if body is exposed to the same antige agin what would happen
antibodies are produced rapidly and the infection is overcome without any symptoms
herd immunity
large proportion of p…………… is im….. to a disease then the spead of that pa…….. is r………
population
immune
pathogen
reduced
what are 2 positives about herd immunity
what people are protected
what may happen to disease
vunerable people are protected
the disease could dissapear
when we say the spread of the pathogen is reduced it means
its less likely that a perosn will become i…….. and p… it on
infected
pass it on
antigenic varibility could mean that v…… will no loger be e…….. against a particular disease
pathogem mu……. to have different antigens
no longer recognsised by i…… system
vaccine
effective
mutates
immune
describe what a sucessful vaccination programme entails
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