Bacterial Vaccines

Question 1

Diphtheria vaccine is composed of _____________ (capsular polysaccharide/toxoid) as an antigen.

Answer 1

Toxoid

Question 2

Tetanus vaccine is composed of _____________ (capsular polysaccharide/toxoid) as an antigen.

Answer 2

Toxoid

Question 3

Pertusis vaccine is composed of ____________ (purified proteins/capsular polysaccharide)

Answer 3

Purified proteins

Question 4

What is a toxoid?

Answer 4

A toxoid is an inactivated toxin (usually an exotoxin) whose toxicity has been suppressed either by chemical (formalin) or heat treatment, while other properties, typically immunogenicity, are maintained.

Question 5

____________ (Diphtheria/Tetanus) can lead to difficulty breathing, heart failure, paralysis, and even death.

Answer 5

Diphtheria

Question 6

_____________ (Pertussis/Tetanus) is a serious disease caused by a bacterial toxin that affects your nervous system, leading to painful muscle contractions, particularly of your jaw and neck muscles.

Answer 6

Tetanus

Question 7

___________ (Diphtheria/Pertussis) is known for uncontrollable, violent coughing which often makes it hard to breathe.

Answer 7

Pertussis (also known as whooping cough)

Question 8

Vaccine for meningitis caused by hemophilus influenzae type b is composed of ______________ (toxoid/purified proteins/capsular polysaccharide conjugated to a carrier protein/capsular polysaccharide)

Answer 8

Capsular polysaccharide conjugated with a carrier protein

Question 9

Pneumonia vaccine for _______________ (bacterium name) is composed of capsular pls or capsular pls conjugated with carrier protein as an antigen

Answer 9

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Question 10

Vaccine for Meningitis caused by neisseria meningitidis is composed of _______________ (killed microbe/capsular pls with or without carrier protein)

Answer 10

Capsular polysaccharide with or without carrier protein

Question 11

Vaccine for group b meningiococci is omposed of _____________ (factor h binding protein/capsular polysaccharide with carrier protein)

Answer 11

Factor H binding protein

Question 12

Typhoid vaccine contains live organism or _____________ (partially purified proteins/capsular polysaccharide)

Answer 12

capsular polysaccharide

Question 13

Typhoid fever is caused by _______________, it is a potentially fatal multisystemic illness.

Answer 13

Salmonella typhi

Question 14

Cholera is caused by ______________.

Answer 14

Vibrio cholera

Question 15

CHolera vaccine contains ______________ (live organism/killed organism) where cholera is endemic.

Answer 15

killed organism. Live organism is used in USA

Question 16

Plague vaccine (Yersinia pestis) contains ______________ (killed organism/capsular polysaccharide)

Answer 16

killed organism

Question 17

Common symtoms of plague are fever, headache and weakness

Answer 17

What are symptoms of plague?

Question 18

__________ is characterized by necrotizing inflammatory lesions in the skin or GI tract or systemically.

Answer 18

Anthrax

Question 19

Bacillus anthracis vaccine contains ____________ (live organism/partially purified proteins)

Answer 19

partially purified proteins

Question 20

BCG vaccine for tuberculosis contains ______________ (live organism/purified proteins)

Answer 20

live organism

Question 21

Tularemia vaccine contains _____________ (live organism/partially purified proteins)

Answer 21

live organism

Question 22

Vaccine for Typhus caused by Ricketssiae prowazekii has ___________ (killed organism/live organism) as an antigen.

Answer 22

killed organism

Question 23

Q fever vaccine (Coxiella burnetii) has ___________ (killed organism/live organism) as an antigen.

Answer 23

killed organism