Vaccine types (live attenuated, inactivated, subunit, mRNA), adjuvants, and herd immunity concepts for allied health immunization roles.
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34 basic cards for Allied Health Immunology. It opens with "What is a live attenuated vaccine?" and "Give an example of a live attenuated vaccine used against measles, mumps, and". Study it alongside the other Allied Health sets below.
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- What is a live attenuated vaccine?
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A vaccine containing a weakened form of the pathogen that can still replicate but does not typically cause disease- Give an example of a live attenuated vaccine used against measles, mumps, and rubella.
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MMR vaccine- Which live attenuated vaccine protects against chickenpox?
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Varicella vaccine- Which classic live attenuated vaccine is given orally and protects against poliovirus?
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Oral polio vaccine (OPV, Sabin vaccine)- Why are live attenuated vaccines generally avoided in severely immunocompromised patients?
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Because the weakened pathogen can still replicate and potentially cause disease in a person with a weak immune system- What is an inactivated (killed) vaccine?
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A vaccine made from a pathogen that has been killed and cannot replicate- Which inactivated vaccine protects against poliovirus and is given by injection?
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Inactivated polio vaccine (IPV, Salk vaccine)- Name an inactivated vaccine used to prevent hepatitis A infection.
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Hepatitis A vaccine- Why do inactivated vaccines often require multiple doses or booster shots?
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Because they tend to produce a weaker and shorter-lived immune response than live vaccines- What is a subunit vaccine?
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A vaccine that contains only specific pieces (antigens), such as proteins or sugars, of a pathogen rather than the whole organism- Which subunit vaccine uses the surface antigen of a virus to protect against liver infection?
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Hepatitis B vaccine (uses hepatitis B surface antigen)- What is a toxoid vaccine?
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A vaccine made from an inactivated bacterial toxin rather than the whole bacterium- Which toxoid vaccine protects against a disease caused by Clostridium tetani toxin?
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Tetanus vaccine- Which toxoid vaccine protects against a toxin-producing throat and respiratory infection?
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Diphtheria vaccine- What is a conjugate vaccine?
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A vaccine that links a weak polysaccharide antigen to a strong carrier protein to improve the immune response
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