Exam 2- Vaccines Flashcards
What are the two MC vaccine excipients
Aluminum
Formaldehyde
What states allow religious exemptions from being vaccinated
California, Mississippi, and West Virginia
How many states allow philosophical exemptions?
16 states
Injectable vaccine packed with multiple dose vials that contain
Thimerosal
Nasal vaccines have
Live virus!
What is the trivalent vaccine
Only protects against 3 flu strains each year
Why is diphtheria life threatening
Because it forms pseudomembranes
Who is pertussis most dangerous to??
Babies less than 6 months old
What is safer the DPT vaccine or the DTaP
DTaP
There is an association between the pertussis vaccine and
Asthma and possible SIDS
Where is polio still endemic?
Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan
What is the vaccine risk of polio
OPV if given can go to the wild type
Since 2000 only IPV type given in the US
What is the cutter incident?
1952 the inactivated injection (IPV) was given to school kids but killed 70,000 bc it wasn’t fully inactivated
What is the SV-40
A monkey virus found in OPV, may cause cancer
SIV is found in
1/2 of African green monkeys
May have mutated into HIV