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COVID-19, Immune System, Vaccines Flashcards

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Innate Immune System

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Barriers

  • Inflammation
  • Complement
  • Cellular Response
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Inflammation

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Active response to infection. Establishes barrier to spread- triggered by chemicals called cytokines and histamines

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Complement

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Made of proteins that “complement” the adaptive immune system.

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Leukocytes

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different types of White Blood Cells

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Cellular Response

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Mediated by different types of White Blood Cells

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phagocytosis

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cellular eating.

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Adaptive Immune System

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Made of specialized cells that is very specific to one type of antigen

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antigen

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infectious agent

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Helper T Cells

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assist in directing adaptive and innate immune response.

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Cytotoxic (Killer) T Cells

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assist in directing adaptive and innate immune response.

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B cells

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targets infection by producing antibodies

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Severe vs mild covid case

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Innate response is delayed

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R0

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The more contagious, the higher the R0

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Live Attenuated

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virus alive but no longer effective at infecting cells

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Pros and cons of Live attenuated vaccine

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Pro- gives a very robust
Immune response

Cons- poses risk to
People with weakened
Immune system

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Killed/Inactive Vaccine

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Killed

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Cons of killed/inactive vaccine

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Cons-
-inactivation can be
   incomplete.
-May not induce as
   strong an immune
   response as live
   vaccine.
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Component/Subunit

Vaccine

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Proteins from specific isolated pathogens

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Cons of component/subunit vaccine

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Cons-
-May not induce as
   strong an immune
   response as live
   vaccine.
-    Difficult getting pure sample
20
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Nucleic Acid-based Vaccine

A

Uses genetic materials from a disease-causing virus

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