Vaccinationa Flashcards
What is immunity?
Ability to defend against foreign organisms.
What are the two types of immunity?
Active
Passive
What is active immunity?
Where you produce antibodies against an organism
What is passive immunity?
Where preformed antibodies are transferred to you.
What are the two forms of passive immunity?
Natural Transplacental Transfer
Artificial Human IgG
What are the two forms of active immunity?
Natural natural Infection
Artificial Immunisation
What is vaccination?
Artificial immunisation
What are the two categories of artificial immunisation/vaccination?
Live virus
Inactivated vaccine
What is another term for artificial immunisation?
Vaccination
What type of virus is used in live virus vaccination?
Attenuated organism
What makes attenuated organisms special?
Grown in eggs etc to make them less well adapted to humans.
What are the three categories of inactivated vaccine?
Suspension of killed organism
Subunit vaccine
Conjugated vaccine
What is a conjugated vaccine?
Polysaccharide attached to immunogenic proteins.
How many vaccination time points are there?
6 (7 in females)
3- Monthly
3- Yearly
What are the 6/7 vaccination time points?
2M 3M 4M 1Y 3-5Y 12-13Y- Girls 13-14Y