Vaccination from a Patient's Perspective

Question 1

When was the first vaccine produced? By whom? For what?

Answer 1

1798, by Edward Jenner, for Smallpox

Question 2

What is the smallpox vaccine based on?

Answer 2

Cowpox virus

Question 3

What link did Andrew Wakefield publish in a 1998 paper in the Lancet?

Answer 3

Link between MMR and Autism

Question 4

Name 1 anti-vaccination lobby group

Answer 4

Justice, Awareness and Basic Support (JABS)

Question 5

When was the Compulsory smallpox vaccination programme introduced in Britain?

Answer 5

1853

Question 6

What is the route of transmission for Polio?

Answer 6

Oral-faecal route

Question 7

State three countries where Polio is still endemic

Answer 7

1. Nigeria
2. Pakistan
3. Afghanistan

Question 8

Give examples of parental objections to immunisations

Answer 8

• The disease is not serious
• The disease is uncommon
• The vaccine is ineffective
• The vaccine is unsafe
• Other methods of disease prevention are preferable to immunisation

Question 9

How can we protect women of childbearing age against Rubella? Indirect + Direct method

Answer 9

Indirect method, whereby you immunise children under the age of 1, interrupting transmission in wider community

Direct method, where you immunise young girls before childbearing age

Question 10

WHO recommends an immunisation coverage of what % to prevent mumps?

Answer 10

90%

Question 11

How does Congenital Rubella Syndrome occur?

Answer 11

In a developing fetus of a pregnant woman who has contracted rubella, usually in the first trimester