Exam 2- Vaccines

Question 1

What are the two MC vaccine excipients

Answer 1

Aluminum

Formaldehyde

Question 2

What states allow religious exemptions from being vaccinated

Answer 2

California, Mississippi, and West Virginia

Question 3

How many states allow philosophical exemptions?

Answer 3

16 states

Question 4

Injectable vaccine packed with multiple dose vials that contain

Answer 4

Thimerosal

Question 5

Nasal vaccines have

Answer 5

Live virus!

Question 6

What is the trivalent vaccine

Answer 6

Only protects against 3 flu strains each year

Question 7

Why is diphtheria life threatening

Answer 7

Because it forms pseudomembranes

Question 8

Who is pertussis most dangerous to??

Answer 8

Babies less than 6 months old

Question 9

What is safer the DPT vaccine or the DTaP

Answer 9

DTaP

Question 10

There is an association between the pertussis vaccine and

Answer 10

Asthma and possible SIDS

Question 11

Where is polio still endemic?

Answer 11

Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan

Question 12

What is the vaccine risk of polio

Answer 12

OPV if given can go to the wild type

Since 2000 only IPV type given in the US

Question 13

What is the cutter incident?

Answer 13

1952 the inactivated injection (IPV) was given to school kids but killed 70,000 bc it wasn’t fully inactivated

Question 14

What is the SV-40

Answer 14

A monkey virus found in OPV, may cause cancer

Question 15

SIV is found in

Answer 15

1/2 of African green monkeys

May have mutated into HIV

Question 16

What is Prevnar 13

Answer 16

Is a Pneumococcal vaccine (PCV) protects againgst 13/90 known strains

May contribute to diabetes

Question 17

Pneumococcal infections are MC in

Answer 17

Children with comorbidities

Question 18

Hep B vaccine can result in

Answer 18

5% of patients with chronic liver damage

Question 19

Hep B vaccines is believed to be necessary according to MDs?

Answer 19

87% says no!!!!!!

Question 20

The Hib vaccine contains

Answer 20

Aluminum and may contribute to diabetes

Question 21

Who are 2-6x more likely to contract hib disease

Answer 21

Children vaccinated with in the first week

Question 22

Where does Rotavirus effect the most people

Answer 22

In underdeveloped countries

90% in Africa and Asia

Question 23

What is Rotashield

Answer 23

Approved in 1998 but pulled in 1999 to treat Rotavirus

Question 24

what is rotateq

Answer 24

Added in 2007 to treat rotavirus

Question 25

What is the only recommended pre treatment for the rotavirus vaccine

Answer 25

Hydrate

Question 26

What is rubella

Answer 26

Mild rash, possibly linked to diabetes, in pregnant women leads to CRS

Question 27

What is CRS

Answer 27

Congenital rubella syndrome Infection 0-20 weeks of pregnancy Spontaneous abortion occurs in 20% of cases

Question 28

HomeFirst Health Services was

Answer 28

Found in 1973 by Dr. Eisenstein 30-35,000 children unvaccinated 0 cases of autism ANECDOTAL

Question 29

Is the MMR shown to have a causation of autism

Answer 29

NO there is no causation

Question 30

What is postherpetic neuralgia

Answer 30

Is a pain that persists greater than a month after the onset of shingles

Question 31

Hepatitis A is

Answer 31

Generally mild, self limiting liver disease resolving in 4-8 weeks NOT chronic

Question 32

What is Havrix

Answer 32

Vaccine approved in 2002 to treat Hep A

Question 33

HPV is the

Answer 33

MC std

Question 34

What are risks of the HPV vaccine

Answer 34

Blood clots, GBS

Question 35

Did the HPV vaccine actually prevent cervical cancer?

Answer 35

The FDA that the study period wasn't long enough to see if cervical cancer developed

Question 36

What is Meningococcal vaccine aka MCV

Answer 36

Bacterial infection Fatality rate is about 10%

Question 37

What is a risk of the MCV vaccine

Answer 37

GBS

Question 38

What vaccine is often required to matriculate

Answer 38

MCV