Vaccinations Flashcards by Tilly Rumsey

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Vaccinations contain…

A

Dead/inactive pathogens which aren’t capable of giving a disease

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3 stages of vaccination

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Dead/inactive pathogen enters body
White blood cells stimulated to produce antibodies (which are specific to the pathogen), memory cells are made
If pathogen enters for real, white blood cells rapidly produce antibodies, destroying the pathogen

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What is herd immunity

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Vaccinating large numbers of people
Reduces the spread of disease

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