Vaccines Flashcards
What is another word for vaccination?
Immunisation
Why do we get vaccinated?
To protect us against a certain disease.
How are vaccines inserted into our bodies?
Usually injection
Sometimes drops on the tongue.
What is in a vaccine?
a dead/weak/inactive pathogen
What is a pathogen?
A microorganism that infects your body and causes disease
Name 3 types of microorganism that can be pathogens
Virus
Bacteria
Fungi
Explain how a vaccination protects against disease.
- Dead pathogen injected into body
- White blood cells produce antibodies
- Antibodies kill weak pathogen
- White blood cells remember how to kill pathogen.
- Antibodies rapidly produced if infected by the real pathogen.
What are the advantages of being vaccinated?
Protects against deadly diseases
Stops diseases spreading (epidemics)
Saves hospital cost of treating sick patients.
What are the disadvantages of vaccination?
It doesn’t always work
Side effects e.g. headaches, fever etc.
Name 3 diseases that we are vaccinated against.
Measles Mumps Rubella TB Polio
What does MMR stand for?
Measles
Mumps
Rubella
Who discovered vaccination?
Edward Jenner
Which vaccine did Edward Jenner discover?
The small pox vaccine
How do pathogens make us feel unwell?
They multiply rapidly
They produce toxins
The MMR vaccine was falsely linked to a developmental disorder called…
autism.
