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Bacterial and Viral Vaccines Flashcards

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What is R0?

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The number of people one sick person will infect on average.

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What is the R0 of hepatitis?

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What is the R0 of ebola?

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What is the R0 of HIV?

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What is the R0 of SARS?

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What is the R0 of mumps?

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What is the R0 of measles?

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What is herd immunity?

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Form of immunity that occurs when vaccination of a significant proportion of a population provides a measure of protection for individuals that are not immune.

Herd Immunity Threshold is the percentage of fully immune individuals required to stop the spread of disease.

HIT = 1 -1/R0

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How do vaccines trigger the immune response?

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Antigen Presenting Cells present part of the antigen on the cell surface.

APCs present antigens to naïve T cells (in lymph nodes) which are activated.

Activation of B cells in response to antigens (+/- APCs).

Proportion of activated B cells will mature into plasma cells.

Plasma cells produce antibodies specific for the vaccine antigen.

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How do antibodies and T cells neutralise pathogen activity?

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Antibodies bind to specific antigen:

  • Neutralization of infectivity
  • Antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity

If attenuated virus vaccine, then T cell response important in destroying infected cells.

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What is the goal of vaccination?

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Goal of vaccination is to produce memory cells to the vaccine antigen.

Response to pathogen post vaccination is increased and more antibodies are produced.

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Why are vaccines less effective in elderly people?

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Decreased resevoir of naive T-cells.

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What are inactivated vaccines?

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Whole microorganism destroyed by heat, chemicals, radiation or antibiotics (e.g. Influenza, cholera, polio).

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What are the advantages of inactivated vaccines?

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Stable

Constituents clearly defined

Unable to cause the infection

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What are the disadvantages of inactivated vaccines?

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Need several doses

Local reactions common

Adjuvant needed

Shorter lasting immunity

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What are live attenuated vaccines?

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Live organisms modified to be less virulent.

Examples: Measles, mumps, rubella, yellow fever

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What are toxoid vaccines?

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Inactivated toxic components.

Examples: Tetanus, diphtheria

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What are subunit vaccines?

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Protein component of the microorganisms or synthetic virus like particles. Lacking viral genetic material and unable to replicate.

Examples: Hepatitis B, HPV

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What are conjugate vaccines?

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Poorly immunogenic antigens paired with a protein that is highly immunogenic (adjuvant).

Examples: Haemophilus influenzae type B

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What are heterotypic vaccines?

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Pathogens that infect other animals but do not cause disease or cause mild disease in humans.

Example: BCG

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What are viral vectored vaccines?

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Use a modified virus (e.g. adenovirus) to deliver genetic code for an antigen.

Examples: Ebola, Janssen and AZ COVID vaccines

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What are nucleic acid vaccines?

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Use DNA/RNA from the pathogen.

Examples: Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines.

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What are the components of a vaccine?

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Stablisers

Adjuvants: Increase immune response without decreasing specificity

Preservatives

Antibiotics: Used to manufacture but subsequently removed

Trace components

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What is the most common adjuvant used?

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Aluminium hydroxide

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Which vaccines are contraindicated in HIV patients?

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Yellow fever

BCG

NOT MMR

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How long should be left before primary doses of the same vaccine?

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3 weeks to avoid competition

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What are prerequisites for success for disease elimination?

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  • No animal reservoir
  • Antigenically stable pathogen with only one (or small number of) strains
  • No latent reservoir of infection and no integration of pathogen genetic material into host genome
  • Vaccine must induce a lasting and effective immune response
  • High coverage required for very contagious pathogens
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What are determinants of primary vaccine antibody response?

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Vaccine type:

  • Live vs attenutated
  • Protein vs polysaccharide
  • Adjuvants

Antigen nature:

  • Polysaccharide agents
  • Protein antigens
  • Antigen dose

Vaccine schedule:

  • Interval between doses
  • Genetic determinants
  • Environmental factors
  • Age at immunisation
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What are determinants of duration of protection post immunisation?

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Vaccine type:

  • Live vs attenuated
  • Polysaccharide antigens

Vaccine schedule:

  • Interval between primary doses
  • Interval between boosting
  • Age at immunisation
  • Environmental factors

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