15 Virus 3 Flashcards
types of immunity required
sterile immunity
T-cell or humoral
systemic or mucosal
how is sterile immunity achieved
it is difficult to achieve
what is most effective in T-cell or humoral
both arms most effective
what does systemic or mucosal need
class of Ig required mucosal = IgA (short lived)
what do the most effective vaccines induce
do not induce sterile immunity - rather it builds up an amnestic response
what is the problem with HIV and HCV
Problematic for hypervariable persistent viral infections
as sterile immunity not induced
live viral vaccines effect
related non-pathogenic virus that gives cross-protection
example of live attenuated virus
cow pox protects against small pox
live viruses
- Attenuated
- Reduce pathogenicity of a virus by passage in cell culture or non-human host
where is pathogenic virus located
from a patient and grown in human cultured cells
what is used to infect monkey cells
Cultured virus is used to infect monkey cells
what allows a virus to grow in monkey cells
Virus acquires many mutations that allow it to grow well in monkey cells
Advantages of live vaccines
- development and production straightforward
- low cost
- cell-mediated (and mucosal) immunity stimulated
- can be highly immunogenic, giving long lasting protective immunity
- fewer inoculations that other systems required
- live microorganisms provide continual antigenic stimulation giving sufficient time for memory cell production
Disadvantages of live vaccines
- many cause (generally mild) disease
- reversion to virulence may occur
- virus shedding – potentially infect others
- potential harm to immunocompromised individuals
- unstable – requires continuous refrigeration
- less safe than inactivated vaccines
why are recombinant proteins safe
No infectious agent - safe
Antigenicity of prokaryotic-expressed proteins sometimes poor - yeast or insect cell expression better
