Vaccination Flashcards
Which vaccination is live ?
Attenuated whole agent vaccine
Which vaccine is killed ?
Inactivated whole agent vaccines
Toxiods
An inactivated toxin
What does DPT STAND FOR ?
Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus
What kind of vaccine is SARS-CoV2 made into ?
Subunit vaccine which has a fraction of the virus. (Spike protein)
mRNA vaccines have functional proteins (T/F)
False, a nanoparticle carries the mRNA into a cell.
What are the monocytes critical for ?
Processing the mRNA lipid nanoparticle for COVID vaccine.
The spike protein engages which two arms of the immune system ?
Humoral and cellular arms of the adaptive immune system.
mRNA technology are rapid productions of the vaccine, (T/F)
True.
Polio vaccine developed by SALK IS ?
Inactivated whole agent vaccine
The Sabin oral polio vaccine
Attenuated whole agent vaccine
What’s the difference of elimination of disease vs. Infection?
Reduction to zero of
disease and infection in defined area
Adjuvants cause soreness to the site of inoculation! Why?
They make response stronger which increases inflammation
Sensitivity is a true positive (T OR F)
True
What are hybridomas?
A fusion of cancerous B cells and normal B cells.
