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Vaccination Against Bacteria Flashcards

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Definition of vaccine

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Suspension of live or inactivated microorganisms or fractions thereof administered to induce immunity and prevent infectious disease or its sequelae

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What is natural passive immunisation

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Placental trasnfer of IgG
Colostral trasnfer of IgA

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What is artificial passive immunisation?

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Immunoglobulin
Immune cells - transfer
Horses are often source of immunoglobulins used in passive activation of immunity

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What 3 diseases are largely mediated by toxins?

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Diphtheria
Tetanus
Botulism

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Why dont you use the toxins in vaccine and what do you use instead?

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Use toxoids instead as they may have been treated with heat or formaldehyde

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Pros of passive immunisation?

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Immediate protection

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Cons of passive immunisation?

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No long term protection
Serum sickness
Risk of infectious diseases - particularly if immunoglobulins are derived from humans
Graft v host disease (cell graft only)

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What is natural active immunisation?

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Exposure to sub-clinical infection
Exposure to cross-reactive non-pathogens

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What is artificial active immunisation?

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Attenuated organisms
Killed organisms
Heterologous organisms - mycobacterium bovis used in BCG vaccine
Sub-cellular fractions

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What is the effect of Th2 cells on interferon gamma production?

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Th2 cells inhibit interferon gamma production

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What type of immunity does Th1 mainly lead to?

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Cell mediated immunity
Produces interferon gamma, inhibits proliferation of Th2 cells

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What are bacterial vaccine targets?

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Secretion proteins
Polysaccharide
Wall assocaited proteins in gram +ve

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What is an ideal vaccine?

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Given orally
Generates long lasting protective immunity
Stimulates B and T cells
Provides cross-protective immunity
Is effective in all age groups
Safe, cheap, stable

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What are the criteria for the antigen in vaccine development?

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Conservation
Accessibility
Generation of functional immunity
Cross-protective

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What are the criteria for safety of vaccines?

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Risks from natural disease must outweigh risks of vaccination
Strict good manufacturing practice observed
Records kept of administration and manufacturing details

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What is the problem with RNA vaccines?

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RNA is very labile, doesn’t last long in the lab when handled, can be easily degraded so have to be clinically modified

17
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How are bacterial mini cells created?

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Certain mutations in bacterial chromosomes give rise to mini cells, dont contain a chromosome but do contain plasmids

18
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What is an example for salmonella using minicells vaccine?

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Getting expression of type 3 secretion system, get them to express this but dont replicate so dont cause disease
Can put this into body and get immunity

19
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What does the BCG vaccine offer immunity against?

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Protection against mycobacterium tuberculosis

20
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What are the 6 major serogroups responsible for human disease in meningitis ?

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A B C W X Y

21
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What were the first vaccines that were developed for meningitis?

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Developed against A and C 30 years ago and were T cell independent vaccines

22
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What is the problem with capsular polysaccharide vaccines?

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Are safe and effective but do not induce class switching or immunological memory
Not good for young children

23
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Why have polysaccharide vaccines based on serogroup B polysaccharide not been possible?

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There is a molecule found in the body in this, so it is a self antigen so immune system doesn’t respond to this

24
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Why is cuban vaccine only successful in Cuba?

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Due to heterogeneity of porA in Cuba

25
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What is PorA in OMP vaccines?

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An immunocompetent protective antigen

26
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What other OMPs have been investigated?

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PorB, FetA, NspA, App

27
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Why is there increasing importance for gonococcal vaccines?

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Due to increasing AMR

28
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Vaccination with what seem to offer some protection against N. Gonorrhoea?

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Vaccine against N. Meningitidis with OMV-based vaccines

29
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What are examples of new group B meningococcal vaccines?

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