Immunisation Flashcards
what is the aim of vaccination
to control communicable diseases
primary prevention
prevent disease onset
what is primary prevention in most circumstances
pre-exposure
secondary prevention
alter course of disease to prevent/limit consequences
eg immunoglobulins to help protect people or interruption of transmission
which antibodies are involved in primary and secondary infection
IgM = first
active immunity
- permanent?
protection produced by the person’s own immune system
usually permanent
can be stimulated by vaccine or naturally acquired infection
how does secondary and subsequent exposure to antigen compare to primary
is more rapid and aggressive as memory cells are present in greater numbers than parent lymphocyte, have already undergone class Ig switching and have enhanced properties of cell adhesion and chemotaxis
passive immunity
- 4 examples
achieved by administering preformed antibodies against a specific antigen
immediate protection of short duration
eg mother to baby, person to animal and injection of human Ig or anti-toxin
which Ig crosses the placenta
IgG
what does mother to baby passive immunity work better/worse for
better - tetanus (this is why pregnant mothers must have tetanus injection) and measles
worse- pertussis, polio and whooping cough
for which diseases would you inject Ig
Hep B, rabies and VZ
for which diseases would you give anti-toxin
diptheria, botunilinum
advantages of passive immunity
rapid action, post exposure, can attentuate illness, limit outbreak, used if contraindication to vaccine
disadvantages of passive immunity
Short term protection, short time effective window, blood derived, hypersensitivity reaction, expensive
herd immunity
protect unvaccinated individuals indirectly through a large proportion of the community being protected by vaccine
in herd immunity, what does the required proportion of unvaccinated individuals depend on
transmissibility and infectiousness of organism and social mixing in the population - basic reproduction rate (R0) (the number of secondary infections produced by a typical case of infection in a population that is totally susceptible)
there must be no reservoir of infection outside of humans
herd immunity and the measles virus
it is very infectious so over 90% of population must be vaccinated in order to achieve herd immunity
how much of the population must be vaccinated for Mumps and Smallpox to achieve herd immunity
80%
live vaccines
contain organisms with attenuated virulence, which results in a fully integrated T lymphocyte and humoral response
eg measles, mumps, rubella (MMR), VZV, rotavirus, flu
who should use of live vaccines in be carefully considered
IC individuals
polio vaccine
inactivated vaccine of inactivated virus
inactivated vaccines
consist of whole killed organisms or their antigenic components