Immunizations- Exam IV Flashcards
The two key public health measures that have a major effect on lowering the incidence of infectious disease:
- public sanitation
- vaccines
Potable water supplies, sewer disposal, improvements of housing:
public sanitation
Prevention of infectious diseases by inducing immune responses:
vaccines
An immunizing agents derived from microorganisms:
vaccine
Vaccines may consist of the following:
- live, attenuated microorganisms
- killed (irreversibly inactivated) microorganisms
- products or derivatives of microorganisms
Types of immunization includes:
- active immunization
- passive immunization
administration of a vaccine:
active immunization
administration of exogenous produced or preformed antibodies:
passive immunization
Passive immunization may also be considered:
postexposure treatment
Passive immunization involves the injection of purified antibody or antibody-containing serum to provide:
rapid, temporary protection or treatment
___ receive natural passive immunization:
newborns
How do newborns receive natural passive immunization?
maternal immunoglobulin that crosses the placenta and is present un breast milk
What are the uses of passive immunization (4):
- to prevent disease after known exposure
- to ameliorate the symptoms of an ongoing disease
- to protect immunodeficient individuals
- to block the action of bacterial toxins and prevention the diseases they cause
Human immune globulins are used against:
Hep A
Hep B
Rabies
Respiratory syncytial virus
Varicella zoster
Tetanus
Animal antitoxins are used against:
botulism and diptheria
A limitation of passive immunization is that sometimes ____ are not high enough
antiviral titers
A limitation of passive immunization is that ____ can occur with other infectious agents
contamination
A limitation of passive immunization is that its needs to be used ____
early after exposure
A limitation of passive immunization is that it is often:
not possible
A limitation of passive immunization is that some viruses have a limited:
extracellular phase
What viruses have limited extracellular phase limiting the efficacy of passive immunity?
herpesviruses & enteroviruses
What can inhibit the immune response elicited by vaccines?
antibody-containing products
Because antibody-containing products can inhibit the immune response elicited by the vaccines, administration of vaccines should be:
delayed until passive antibody has degraded
For diseases with long incubation periods, both ___ & ___ are used for postexposure control
active and passive immunization
What are some diseases with long incubation periods that require both active and passive immunization for postexposure control?
rabies, Hep B and tetanus
Use of vaccines to elicit immune responses:
active immunizations
Active immunizations may be:
inactivated, subunit, and killed vaccines or live (attenuated) vaccines
Type of vaccine in which there is no risk of infection:
inactivated, subunit, and killed vaccines
What type of active immunization uses large amounts of antigen?
inactivated subunit and killed vaccines
How are inactivated, subunit, and killed vaccines created for bacteria, viruses
inactivated or killed by chemical treatment or heat
What are required to boos the immunogenicity of inactive, subunit and killed vaccines?
adjuvants
Alum (aluminum salt) and secretory IgA are types of:
adjuvant
Modern adjuvants are designed to be or mimic:
PAMPA
List some modern adjuvants:
- bacterial cell wall components
- synthetic polymers
- bacterial toxins (attenuated)
Adjuvants influence the type of:
immune response
Adjuvants influence the type of immune response such as:
Th1 or Th2
Some disadvantages of inactivated, subunit and killed vaccines include:
Immunity is not usually:
long-lived
Why is immunity generally not long lived with inactive, subunit, and killed vaccines?
because they generate a Th2 response that does not elicit effective immunity memory