B3: vaccination and immunisation

Question 1

who developed the first vaccine?

Answer 1

edward jenner

Question 2

what do vaccines contain

Answer 2

a small amount of dead, weakened or inactive forms of a pathogen

Question 3

what kind of diseases can they be made for

Answer 3

both viral and bacterial

Question 4

how do vaccines work?

Answer 4

they expose our immune system to the pathogen so that they are able to destroy it, and remember it inorder to produce antibodies more quickly when there is a real infection

Question 5

what role do memory cells have in the process of immunisation

Answer 5

the lymphocyte memory cells are able to remember the pathogen, thus are able to create complementory antibodies more quickly the next time around

Question 6

what are some cons to vaccines

Answer 6

they dont always give full immunity to the infection. they can result in side effects, and we dont have them for every kind of disease