Exam 3: Examples of Vaccines Flashcards
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What type of vaccine does the Polio Virus have?
Inactivated and attenuated whole pathogen
What type of vaccine does the influenza virus have?
Inactivated (and attenuated) whole pathogen vaccine
What type of vaccine does the MMR virus have?
Combined attenuated whole pathogen
What type of vaccine does the DTaP have?
Combined subunit vaccine for bacterial diseases
What type of vaccines does pneumonia and meningitis have?
Conjugated polysaccharide vaccines (subunit)
Hepatitis B and HPV have what type of vaccine?
Recombinant DNA-generated subunit vaccine
What are the type of vaccines COVID-19 have?
Genetic vaccines
How does influenza target cells if the host?
Through the use of their glycoproteins N and H
What virus serves as an example for Antigenic Shift?
The Flu Virus because it has the capability to jump from species to species
Most Flu vaccines now are? What type of vaccine is the least common now?
Injected inactivated vaccine is the most popular and favored. An attenuated nasal vaccine is the least common
Can bacterial infections be treated with vaccines?
No, they are treated with antibiotics
What is the main goal of the DTaP vaccine?
Generate antibodies that can neutralize toxins
Toxoids:
Toxins that have ben isolated and chemically modified to become harmless
Why are some bacterial called encapsulated?
There is a thick polysaccharide capsule surrounding the cell wall
What is the function of the polysaccharide wall surrounding a bacterial cell
Aids in it protection against an immune response
A Capsular polysaccharide that is chemically coupled to a protein
A Conjugate polysaccharide
What are the names of the viruses that cause liver inflammation (hepatitis)
Hepatitis A, B, and C
For Hepatitis, vaccine are only available for which 2 out of the 3?
Hepatitis A and B, not C
Vaccine that only uses the surface proteins of its connected virus?
HPV - Human papilloma virus
What is the difference between HBV and HCV and HAV
HBV and HCV = long term chronic inflammation, liked to cancer
HAV = short term inflammation , not linked to cancer
What was the first vaccine approved that used Genetic Material?
The Ebola Vaccine
Genetic Vaccines that use RNA as genetic material?
Pfizer and Moderna
Genetic Vaccine that uses DNA as genetic material?
J and J COVID vaccine
