L16: Vaccines Flashcards
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Types of viral vaccines
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- ) Live, attenuated: prolonged passage of virus in other hosts decreases it pathogenicity
- ) Inactivated: heat / chemically inactivated
- ) Subunit: consists of single viral protein
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Types of bacterial vaccines
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- ) Inactivated: heat killed
- ) Toxoid: detoxification of toxins without loss of immunogenicity
- ) Conjugate: polysaccharide antigens from bacteria conjugated to protein
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Attenuated viral vaccine advantages, disadvantages
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- Advantage: generates long-lasting immunity as virus undergoes limited replication generating greater antigenic stimulus, causes both antibody and cell-mediated immunity
- Disadvantage: may revert to full virulence, contaminating pathogens, often fatal for immunocompromised, potential risks for fetus
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Inactivated viral vaccine advantages, disadvantages
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- Advantage: less concern for safety compared to live, transport and storage is easier
- Disadvantage: doesn’t generate level of protection of live vaccines
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What are conjugated bacterial vaccines? How do they work?
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- Some bacteria have polysaccharide coats. B cells can be activated against this in an T cell independent manner; however, they also don’t generate memory or isotype switching when doing so. To counter this, conjugate vaccines are polysaccharides conjugated to protein carrier – therefore conferring a TD immune response and allowing for switching to high affinity IgG and creating memory
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What are adjuvants?
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- substances added to vaccines that promote greater immune responses
- they convert soluble protein antigens into particulate matter that is more readily ingested by APCs
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Hep B vaccine
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- Viral subunit vaccine, specifically surface antigen, requires 3 IM injections generates serum antibody
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DTaP vaccine
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- Bacterial toxoid vaccine, formaldehyde-treated toxins from diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis
- Acellular pertussis = pertussis exotoxins that have been mutated to be nontoxic, but immunogenic
- Generate antibody to toxins, but not to bacteria
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Bacterial toxoid vaccines target bacteria directly. True/False
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- False. They target and neutralize the toxins produced by bacteria
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Hemophilus Influenzae type B vaccine
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- Bacterial conjugate vaccine, with conjugated protein = tetanus toxoid, diphtheria toxoid or group B N.meningitidis outer membrane
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Meningococcal vaccine
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- Bacterial conjugate vaccine protective against 4 groups of Neisseria meningitidis
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Polio vaccine
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- ) Inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) = Salk – generates serum antibodies to neutralized virus before it reaches CNS
- ) Live, attenuated oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) = Sabin – local mucosal immunity in GI tract to prevent spread of virus in bloodstream – 1 in 2.6 million doses causes vaccine-induced paralytic polio – no longer given in US
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MMR vaccine
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- Live, attenuated viral vaccine, confers CMI and antibody response
- Measles = rubeola virus
- Mumps = rubula virus
- Rubella virus = german measles
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Varicella vaccine
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- Live, attenuated viral vaccine, confers CMI and antibody response
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Rotavirus vaccine
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- Live, attenuated viral vaccine, vaccine is rhesus virus expressing human virus antigen VP7