Lecture 11 Immunisation and Prophylaxis

Question 1

Name live attenuated vaccines

Answer 1

o	MMR
o	BCG
o	Varicella-zoster virus
o	Yellow fever
o	Smallpox
o	Typhoid (oral)
o	Polio (oral)
o	Rotavirus (oral)

Question 2

Name inactivated vaccines

Answer 2

o	Hep A
o	Cholera (oral)
o	Rabies
o	Japanese encephalitis
o	Tick-borne encephalitis
o	Influenza

Question 3

Name detoxified exotoxin vaccines

Answer 3

o Diphtheria

o Tetanus

Question 4

Name vaccines that are subunits of micro-organisms

Answer 4

o	Pertussis (acellular)
o	Haemophilus influenzae type b
o	Meningococcus (group C)
o	Pneumococcus
o	Typhoid
o	Anthrax
o	Hep B

Question 5

What is the 6 in 1 vaccine

Answer 5

• D= purified diphtheria toxoid
• T= purified tetanus toxoid
• aP= purified Bordetella pertussis
• IPV= inactivated polio virus
• Hib= purified component of haemophilus influenzae b
• HBV= hepatitis B rDNA