vaccines and herd immunity Flashcards

1
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small amounts of what and what does this stimulate

what is the definition of a vaccination

A

small anounts of antigens to stimulate an immune responce against a particular disease

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what cells are stimulated what do they not create

whats the definition of a vaccine

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memory cells are stimulated to against a disease without cauing any symptoms

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3
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if body is exposed to the same antige agin what would happen

A

antibodies are produced rapidly and the infection is overcome without any symptoms

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4
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herd immunity
large proportion of p…………… is im….. to a disease then the spead of that pa…….. is r………

A

population
immune
pathogen
reduced

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5
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what are 2 positives about herd immunity
what people are protected
what may happen to disease

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vunerable people are protected
the disease could dissapear

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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

A

infected
pass it on

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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

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vaccine
effective
mutates
immune

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8
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describe what a sucessful vaccination programme entails

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https://alevelbiologyrevision.weebly.com/66-vaccination.html

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