Vaccines Flashcards
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Immunisation is an … process by which an individual is rendered …
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Immunisation is an artificial process by which an individual is rendered immune
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What is Immunisation?
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Immunisation is an artificial process by which an individual is rendered immune
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… immunisation – no immune response in recipient
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Passive immunisation – no immune response in recipient
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… immunisation (…) – recipient develops a protective adaptive immune response
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Active immunisation (vaccination) – recipient develops a protective adaptive immune response
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Passive vs Active Immunisation
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- Passive immunisation – no immune response in recipient
- Active immunisation (vaccination) – recipient develops a protective adaptive immune response
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Immunisation is one of the cheapest and most effective methods of improving … and reducing …
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Immunisation is one of the cheapest and most effective methods of improving survival and reducing morbidity
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Immunisation estimated reduction in mortality worldwide … million/ yr
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Immunisation estimated reduction in mortality worldwide 3 million/ yr
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Variola = … virus
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Variola =smallpox virus
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Variolation
- Variola = … virus
- For variolation, fluid harvested from pustules of … individuals and injected under skin of recipient
- Crude method of obtaining an ‘…’ vaccine
- Documented practice in Far East, Middle East and South Asia from 1000AD
- Limited use in UK (1700s)
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- Variola =smallpox virus
- For variolation, fluid harvested from pustules of recovering individuals and injected under skin of recipient
- Crude method of obtaining an ‘inactivated’ vaccine
- Documented practice in Far East, Middle East and South Asia from 1000AD
- Limited use in UK (1700s)
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Jenner
- Used fluid from … lesions to protect against … infection in 1796; recipient was James Phipps, aged 8
- Subsequently experimented with several other children, including his own infant son; published findings in 1798
- The first documented use of a live-attenuated vaccine and the birth of modern immunisation
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- Used fluid from cowpox lesions to protect against smallpox infection in 1796; recipient was James Phipps, aged 8
- Subsequently experimented with several other children, including his own infant son; published findings in 1798
- The first documented use of a live-attenuated vaccine and the birth of modern immunisation
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- Jenner used fluid from cowpox lesions to protect against … infection in 1796; recipient was James Phipps, aged 8
- Subsequently experimented with several other children, including his own infant son; published findings in 1798
- The first documented use of a …-attenuated vaccine and the birth of … immunisation
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- Jenner used fluid from cowpox lesions to protect against … infection in 1796; recipient was James Phipps, aged 8
- Subsequently experimented with several other children, including his own infant son; published findings in 1798
- The first documented use of a live-attenuated vaccine and the birth of modern immunisation
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Passive immunisation
- Immunity conferred without an … host response on behalf of recipient
- Passive vaccines are preparations of … taken from hyper-immune donors, either human or animal
- Examples:
- Immunoglobulin replacement in antibody deficiency
- VZV prophylaxis eg during exposure during …
- Anti-toxin therapies eg … anti-serum
- Protection is temporary
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- Immunity conferred without an active host response on behalf of recipient
- Passive vaccines are preparations of antibodies taken from hyper-immune donors, either human or animal
- Examples:
- Immunoglobulin replacement in antibody deficiency
- VZV prophylaxis eg during exposure during pregnancy
- Anti-toxin therapies eg snake anti-serum
- Protection is temporary
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Passive immunisation
- Immunity conferred without an active host response on behalf of recipient
- Passive vaccines are preparations of antibodies taken from …-immune donors, either human or animal
- Examples:
- Immunoglobulin replacement in antibody deficiency
- VZV prophylaxis eg during exposure during pregnancy
- Anti-toxin therapies eg snake anti-serum
- Protection is …
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- Immunity conferred without an active host response on behalf of recipient
- Passive vaccines are preparations of antibodies taken from hyper-immune donors, either human or animal
- Examples:
- Immunoglobulin replacement in antibody deficiency
- VZV prophylaxis eg during exposure during pregnancy
- Anti-toxin therapies eg snake anti-serum
- Protection is temporary
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Is passive immunisation protection permanent or temporary?
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temporary
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VZV exposure during pregnancy
- VZV causes …
- If they have had …, no need to do anything
- If no history or unsure - blood test to check for VZV IgG - if positive, reassure (has memory response - immune to …) If negative or equivocal, give VZV immunoglobulin to protect against infection
- VZV during pregnancy can cause fetal complications.
- In case of exposure, women should contact their GP, Midwife or Virology Dept. Urgent VZV serology is available when required
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- VZV causes chickenpox
- If they have had chickenpox, no need to do anything
- If no history or unsure - blood test to check for VZV IgG - if positive, reassure (has memory response - immune to chickenpox) If negative or equivocal, give VZV immunoglobulin to protect against infection
- VZV during pregnancy can cause fetal complications.
- In case of exposure, women should contact their GP, Midwife or Virology Dept. Urgent VZV serology is available when required
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VZV exposure during pregnancy
- VZV causes chickenpox
- If they have had chickenpox, no need to do anything
- If no history or unsure - blood test to check for VZV IgG - if …, reassure (has memory response - immune to chickenpox) If … or …, give VZV immunoglobulin to protect against infection
- VZV during pregnancy can cause fetal complications.
- In case of exposure, women should contact their GP, Midwife or Virology Dept. Urgent VZV serology is available when required
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- VZV causes chickenpox
- If they have had chickenpox, no need to do anything
- If no history or unsure - blood test to check for VZV IgG - if positive, reassure (has memory response - immune to chickenpox) If negative or equivocal, give VZV immunoglobulin to protect against infection
- VZV during pregnancy can cause fetal complications.
- In case of exposure, women should contact their GP, Midwife or Virology Dept. Urgent VZV serology is available when required
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VZV exposure during pregnancy
- VZV causes chickenpox
- If they have had chickenpox, no need to do anything
- If no history or unsure - blood test to check for VZV IgG - if positive, reassure (has memory response - immune to chickenpox) If negative or equivocal, give VZV immunoglobulin to protect against infection
- VZV during pregnancy can cause … …
- In case of exposure, women should contact their GP, Midwife or Virology Dept. Urgent VZV serology is available when required
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- VZV causes chickenpox
- If they have had chickenpox, no need to do anything
- If no history or unsure - blood test to check for VZV IgG - if positive, reassure (has memory response - immune to chickenpox) If negative or equivocal, give VZV immunoglobulin to protect against infection
- VZV during pregnancy can cause fetal complications.
- In case of exposure, women should contact their GP, Midwife or Virology Dept. Urgent VZV serology is available when required
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VZV exposure during pregnancy
- VZV causes chickenpox
- If they have had chickenpox, what is done?
- If no history or unsure - blood test to check for VZV … - if positive, reassure (has memory response - immune to chickenpox) If negative or equivocal, give VZV immunoglobulin to protect against infection
- VZV during pregnancy can cause fetal complications.
- In case of exposure, women should contact their GP, Midwife or Virology Dept. Urgent VZV serology is available when required
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- VZV causes chickenpox
- If they have had chickenpox, no need to do anything
- If no history or unsure - blood test to check for VZV IgG - if positive, reassure (has memory response - immune to chickenpox) If negative or equivocal, give VZV immunoglobulin to protect against infection
- VZV during pregnancy can cause fetal complications.
- In case of exposure, women should contact their GP, Midwife or Virology Dept. Urgent VZV serology is available when required
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In pregnant women with no history of chickenpox or unsure, do bloods to check for VZV IgG - If positive, what does that mean?
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Reassure - they are immune, if negative this means they have not had chickenpox before and give VZV immunoglobulin
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Active immunisation (vaccination)
- Immunity conferred in recipient following the generation of an … immune response
- General principle is to stimulate an … immune response without causing …-… infection
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- Immunity conferred in recipient following the generation of an adaptive immune response
- General principle is to stimulate an adaptive immune response without causing clinically-apparent infection
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Active immunisation is the same as …
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Active immunisation (vaccination)
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General principles of Vaccination (1)
- To be effective, vaccines need to be administered to targeted … in advance of … to the pathogen of interest
- Vaccination of sufficient numbers impacts the transmission dynamic so that even unimmunised individuals are at … risk – called … …
- As vaccines are given to … individuals, the risk-to-benefit ratio requires that vaccines meet high safety standards
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- To be effective, vaccines need to be administered to targeted cohorts in advance of exposure to the pathogen of interest
- Vaccination of sufficient numbers impacts the transmission dynamic so that even unimmunised individuals are at low risk – called herd immunity
- As vaccines are given to healthy individuals, the risk-to-benefit ratio requires that vaccines meet high safety standards
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General principles of Vaccination (2)
- Most vaccines work by generating a long-lasting, high-affinity I… antibody response
- These antibodies are sufficient to prevent primary infection
- A strong … T cell response is a pre-requisite for this
- The most effective vaccines are for diseases where natural exposure results in protective immunity
- ‘Problem’ diseases are generally those where the immune system cannot eliminate infection or generate …-… protective immunity during natural infection
- Eg MTB, HIV, malaria
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- Most vaccines work by generating a long-lasting, high-affinity IgG antibody response
- These antibodies are sufficient to prevent primary infection
- A strong CD4 T cell response is a pre-requisite for this
- The most effective vaccines are for diseases where natural exposure results in protective immunity
- ‘Problem’ diseases are generally those where the immune system cannot eliminate infection or generate long-lasting protective immunity during natural infection
- Eg MTB, HIV, malaria
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General principles of Vaccination (2)
- Most vaccines work by generating a long-lasting, …-affinity IgG antibody response
- These antibodies are sufficient to prevent … infection
- A strong CD4 T cell response is a pre-requisite for this
- The most effective vaccines are for diseases where natural exposure results in protective immunity
- ‘…’ diseases are generally those where the immune system cannot eliminate infection or generate long-lasting protective immunity during natural infection
- Eg MTB, HIV, malaria
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- Most vaccines work by generating a long-lasting, high-affinity IgG antibody response
- These antibodies are sufficient to prevent primary infection
- A strong CD4 T cell response is a pre-requisite for this
- The most effective vaccines are for diseases where natural exposure results in protective immunity
- ‘Problem’ diseases are generally those where the immune system cannot eliminate infection or generate long-lasting protective immunity during natural infection
- Eg MTB, HIV, malaria
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What goes into a vaccine?
- …
- To stimulate an …-specific T and B cell response
- …
- Immune potentiators to increase the immunogenicity of the vaccine
- ‘Excipients’
- Various diluents and additives required for vaccine integrity
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Antigen
- To stimulate an antigen-specific T and B cell response
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Adjuvants
- Immune potentiators to increase the immunogenicity of the vaccine
- ‘Excipients’
- Various diluents and additives required for vaccine integrity
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What goes into a vaccine?
- Antigen
- To … an antigen-specific T and B cell response
- Adjuvants
- Immune potentiators to increase the immunogenicity of the vaccine
- ‘…’
- Various diluents and additives required for vaccine integrity
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- Antigen
- To stimulate an antigen-specific T and B cell response
- Adjuvants
- Immune potentiators to increase the immunogenicity of the vaccine
- ‘Excipients’
- Various diluents and additives required for vaccine integrity
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Classification of active vaccines on the basis of the antigen
- Active Vaccines - divided into … organism or subunit
- … organism
- Live-attenuated vaccine
- Inactivated (killed)
- S..
- Toxoids
- Capsular polysaccharide
- Conjugated polysaccharide
- Recombinant subunit
- ?mRNA, VLPs, viral vector
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- Active Vaccines - divided into whole organism or subunit
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Whole organism
- Live-attenuated vaccine
- Inactivated (killed)
-
Subunit
- Toxoids
- Capsular polysaccharide
- Conjugated polysaccharide
- Recombinant subunit
- ?mRNA, VLPs, viral vector
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Classification of active vaccines on the basis of the antigen
- Active Vaccines - divided into whole organism or subunit
- Whole organism
- …-… vaccine
- Inactivated (killed)
- Subunit
- T…
- Capsular polysaccharide
- Conjugated polysaccharide
- Recombinant subunit
- ?mRNA, VLPs, viral vector
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- Active Vaccines - divided into whole organism or subunit
- Whole organism
- Live-attenuated vaccine
- Inactivated (killed)
- Subunit
- Toxoids
- Capsular polysaccharide
- Conjugated polysaccharide
- Recombinant subunit
- ?mRNA, VLPs, viral vector
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Classification of active vaccines on the basis of the antigen
- Active Vaccines - divided into whole organism or subunit
- Whole organism
- Live-attenuated vaccine
- … (killed)
- Subunit
- Toxoids
- C.. polysaccharide
- C… polysaccharide
- Recombinant subunit
- ?mRNA, VLPs, viral vector
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- Active Vaccines - divided into whole organism or subunit
- Whole organism
- Live-attenuated vaccine
- Inactivated (killed)
- Subunit
- Toxoids
- Capsular polysaccharide
- Conjugated polysaccharide
- Recombinant subunit
- ?mRNA, VLPs, viral vector
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Classification of active vaccines on the basis of the antigen
- Active Vaccines - divided into whole organism or subunit
- Whole organism
- Live-attenuated vaccine
- Inactivated (killed)
- Subunit
- Toxoids
- Capsular polysaccharide
- Conjugated polysaccharide
- … subunit
- ?..RNA, VLPs, viral …
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- Active Vaccines - divided into whole organism or subunit
- Whole organism
- Live-attenuated vaccine
- Inactivated (killed)
- Subunit
- Toxoids
- Capsular polysaccharide
- Conjugated polysaccharide
- Recombinant subunit
- ?mRNA, VLPs, viral vector
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Live-attenuated vaccines
- Live but attenuated organisms used
- Prolonged culture … vivo in non-… conditions
- This selects variants that are adapted to live in …
- These variants are viable in vivo but are no longer able to cause disease
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- Live but attenuated organisms used
- Prolonged culture ex vivo in non-physiological conditions
- This selects variants that are adapted to live in culture
- These variants are viable in vivo but are no longer able to cause disease
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Live-attenuated vaccines
- Live but attenuated organisms used
- Prolonged culture ex vivo in non-physiological conditions
- This selects variants that are adapted to live in culture
- These variants are viable … vivo but are no longer able to cause …
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- Live but attenuated organisms used
- Prolonged culture ex vivo in non-physiological conditions
- This selects variants that are adapted to live in culture
- These variants are viable in vivo but are no longer able to cause disease
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Examples of Live-attenuated vaccines
- M…
- M…
- R…
- P… (Sabin)
- B…
- Cholera
- Zoster
- VZV (not routinely used for primary prevention in UK at present)
- Live influenza (not main product in UK at present)
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- Measles
- Mumps
- Rubella
- Polio (Sabin)
- BCG
- Cholera
- Zoster
- VZV (not routinely used for primary prevention in UK at present)
- Live influenza (not main product in UK at present)
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Pros and cons of live vaccines
- Replication … …, therefore produces highly effective and durable responses
- In case of viral vaccine, intracellular infection leads to good … response
- Repeated … not required
- In some diseases, may get secondary protection of unvaccinated individuals, who are infected with the live-attenuated vaccine strain eg polio
- Storage problems, short shelf-life
- May revert to wild type Eg vaccine associated poliomyelitis: around 1 in 750 000 recipients
- Immunocompromised recipients may develop clinical disease
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- Replication within host, therefore produces highly effective and durable responses
- In case of viral vaccine, intracellular infection leads to good CD8 response
- Repeated boosting not required
- In some diseases, may get secondary protection of unvaccinated individuals, who are infected with the live-attenuated vaccine strain eg polio
- Storage problems, short shelf-life
- May revert to wild type Eg vaccine associated poliomyelitis: around 1 in 750 000 recipients
- Immunocompromised recipients may develop clinical disease
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Pros and cons of live vaccines
- Replication within host, therefore produces highly effective and durable responses
- In case of viral vaccine, intracellular infection leads to good CD8 response
- Repeated boosting not required
- In some diseases, may get … protection of … individuals, who are infected with the live-attenuated vaccine strain eg polio
- … problems, short …-life
- May revert to wild type Eg vaccine associated poliomyelitis: around 1 in 750 000 recipients
- Immunocompromised recipients may develop clinical disease
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- Replication within host, therefore produces highly effective and durable responses
- In case of viral vaccine, intracellular infection leads to good CD8 response
- Repeated boosting not required
- In some diseases, may get secondary protection of unvaccinated individuals, who are infected with the live-attenuated vaccine strain eg polio
- Storage problems, short shelf-life
- May revert to wild type Eg vaccine associated poliomyelitis: around 1 in 750 000 recipients
- Immunocompromised recipients may develop clinical disease
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Pros and cons of live vaccines
- Replication within host, therefore produces highly effective and durable responses
- In case of viral vaccine, intracellular infection leads to good CD8 response
- Repeated boosting not required
- In some diseases, may get secondary protection of unvaccinated individuals, who are infected with the live-attenuated vaccine strain eg polio
- Storage problems, short shelf-life
- May revert to … type Eg vaccine associated poliomyelitis: around 1 in 750 000 recipients
- … recipients may develop clinical disease
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- Replication within host, therefore produces highly effective and durable responses
- In case of viral vaccine, intracellular infection leads to good CD8 response
- Repeated boosting not required
- In some diseases, may get secondary protection of unvaccinated individuals, who are infected with the live-attenuated vaccine strain eg polio
- Storage problems, short shelf-life
- May revert to wild type Eg vaccine associated poliomyelitis: around 1 in 750 000 recipients
- Immunocompromised recipients may develop clinical disease
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Varicella-Zoster Vaccine
- Primary infection = …
- Cellular and humoral immunity provide lifelong protection, but viruses establishes permanent infection of sensory ganglia
- Viral reactivation= …
- Particularly elderly, fairly debilitating and may cause long-term neuropathic pain
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- Primary infection = chickenpox
- Cellular and humoral immunity provide lifelong protection, but viruses establishes permanent infection of sensory ganglia
- Viral reactivation= zoster (shingles)
- Particularly elderly, fairly debilitating and may cause long-term neuropathic pain
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Varicella-Zoster Vaccine
- Primary infection = chickenpox
- Cellular and humoral immunity provide … protection, but viruses establishes … infection of sensory ganglia
- Viral … = zoster (shingles)
- Particularly elderly, fairly debilitating and may cause long-term neuropathic pain
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- Primary infection = chickenpox
- Cellular and humoral immunity provide lifelong protection, but viruses establishes permanent infection of sensory ganglia
- Viral reactivation=zoster (shingles)
- Particularly elderly, fairly debilitating and may cause long-term neuropathic pain
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Varicella-Zoster Vaccine
- Primary infection = …
- Cellular and humoral immunity provide lifelong protection, but viruses establishes permanent infection of sensory ganglia
- Viral reactivation= Zoster (shingles)
- Particularly …, fairly … and may cause long-term … pain
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- Primary infection = chickenpox
- Cellular and humoral immunity provide lifelong protection, but viruses establishes permanent infection of sensory ganglia
- Viral reactivation= zoster (shingles)
- Particularly elderly, fairly debilitating and may cause long-term neuropathic pain
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Varicella-Zoster Vaccine
- …-… VZV, works by induction of anti-VZV antibodies
- …% effective at preventing chickenpox
- Attenuated virus does establish infection of sensory ganglia, but subsequent zoster is probably rare
- ..-..% mild post-vaccination varicella infection
- Not on UK schedule at present, because:
- VZV is a fairly benign childhood infection
- ?Schedule is already crowded and controversial
- Safety concerns based on evidence from other countries
- ‘Disease shift’ to unvaccinated adults, in whom VZV is less well tolerated
- Increase in zoster – probably reduced immune boosting in adults
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- Live-attenuated VZV, works by induction of anti-VZV antibodies
- 95% effective at preventing chickenpox
- Attenuated virus does establish infection of sensory ganglia, but subsequent zoster is probably rare
- 3-5% mild post-vaccination varicella infection
- Not on UK schedule at present, because:
- VZV is a fairly benign childhood infection
- ?Schedule is already crowded and controversial
- Safety concerns based on evidence from other countries
- ‘Disease shift’ to unvaccinated adults, in whom VZV is less well tolerated
- Increase in zoster – probably reduced immune boosting in adults
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Varicella-Zoster Vaccine
- Live-attenuated VZV, works by induction of anti-VZV antibodies
- 95% effective at preventing chickenpox
- Attenuated virus does establish infection of sensory …, but subsequent zoster is probably rare
- 3-5% mild post-vaccination varicella infection
- Not on UK schedule at present, because:
- VZV is a fairly … childhood infection
- ?Schedule is already crowded and c…
- … concerns based on evidence from other countries
- ‘Disease shift’ to unvaccinated adults, in whom VZV is less well tolerated
- Increase in zoster – probably reduced immune boosting in adults
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- Live-attenuated VZV, works by induction of anti-VZV antibodies
- 95% effective at preventing chickenpox
- Attenuated virus does establish infection of sensory ganglia, but subsequent zoster is probably rare
- 3-5% mild post-vaccination varicella infection
- Not on UK schedule at present, because:
- VZV is a fairly benign childhood infection
- ?Schedule is already crowded and controversial
-
Safety concerns based on evidence from other countries
- ‘Disease shift’ to unvaccinated adults, in whom VZV is less well tolerated
- Increase in zoster – probably reduced immune boosting in adults
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Varicella-Zoster Vaccine
- Live-attenuated VZV, works by induction of anti-VZV antibodies
- 95% effective at preventing chickenpox
- Attenuated virus does establish infection of sensory ganglia, but subsequent zoster is probably rare
- 3-5% mild post-vaccination varicella infection
- Not on UK schedule at present, because:
- VZV is a fairly benign childhood infection
- ?Schedule is already crowded and controversial
- Safety concerns based on evidence from other countries
- ‘… shift’ to unvaccinated adults, in whom VZV is less well tolerated
- Increase in … – probably reduced immune boosting in adults
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- Live-attenuated VZV, works by induction of anti-VZV antibodies
- 95% effective at preventing chickenpox
- Attenuated virus does establish infection of sensory ganglia, but subsequent zoster is probably rare
- 3-5% mild post-vaccination varicella infection
- Not on UK schedule at present, because:
- VZV is a fairly benign childhood infection
- ?Schedule is already crowded and controversial
- Safety concerns based on evidence from other countries
- ‘Disease shift’ to unvaccinated adults, in whom VZV is less well tolerated
- Increase in zoster – probably reduced immune boosting in adults
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The varicella-zoster vaccine is …% effective at preventing chickenpox
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95% effective at preventing chickenpox
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Is VZV (Varicella-Zoster vaccine) on UK vaccination schedule?
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- Not on UK schedule at present, because:
- VZV is a fairly benign childhood infection
- ?Schedule is already crowded and controversial
- Safety concerns based on evidence from other countries
- ‘Disease shift’ to unvaccinated adults, in whom VZV is less well tolerated
- Increase in zoster – probably reduced immune boosting in adults
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Zoster, immunity and aging
- The incidence of zoster … with age, in parallel with … cell-mediated immune responses to zoster
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- The incidence of zoster increases with age, in parallel with declining cell-mediated immune responses to zoster
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Zoster vaccination
- Similar VZV preparation to that used for … disease, but much … dose
- Aims to boost memory T cell responses to VZV
- In over 60s, 50% reduction in zoster incidence after vaccination compared to controls; reduced severity and complications amongst vaccinated cases
A
- Similar VZV preparation to that used for primary disease, but much higher dose
- Aims to boost memory T cell responses to VZV
- In over 60s, 50% reduction in zoster incidence after vaccination compared to controls; reduced severity and complications amongst vaccinated cases
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Zoster vaccination
- Similar VZV preparation to that used for primary disease, but much … dose
- Aims to boost … T cell responses to VZV
- In over 60s, 50% reduction in zoster incidence after vaccination compared to controls; reduced severity and complications amongst vaccinated cases
A
- Similar VZV preparation to that used for primary disease, but much higher dose
- Aims to boost memory T cell responses to VZV
- In over 60s, 50% reduction in zoster incidence after vaccination compared to controls; reduced severity and complications amongst vaccinated cases
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Zoster vaccination
- Similar VZV preparation to that used for … disease, but much … dose
- Aims to boost memory T cell responses to VZV
- In over 60s, …% reduction in zoster incidence after vaccination compared to controls; reduced severity and complications amongst vaccinated cases
A
- Similar VZV preparation to that used for primary disease, but much higher dose
- Aims to boost memory T cell responses to VZV
- In over 60s, 50% reduction in zoster incidence after vaccination compared to controls; reduced severity and complications amongst vaccinated cases
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Zoster vaccination
- Similar VZV preparation to that used for primary disease, but much … dose
- Aims to boost memory T cell responses to VZV
- In over 60s, 50% reduction in zoster incidence after vaccination compared to controls; reduced … and … amongst vaccinated cases
A
- Similar VZV preparation to that used for primary disease, but much higher dose
- Aims to boost memory T cell responses to VZV
- In over 60s, 50% reduction in zoster incidence after vaccination compared to controls; reduced severity and complications amongst vaccinated cases
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Tuberculosis
- During primary infection, MTB establishes infection within phago-lysosomes of … These present TB antigen to MTB-specific CD4 T cells, which secrete IFN-g – this activates … to encase TB in granuloma.
- May be visible as a calcified lesion on plain CXR (Ghon focus)
- Most TB thought to be re-activation of this primary infection
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- During primary infection, MTB establishes infection within phago-lysosomes of macrophages. Macrophages present TB antigen to MTB-specific CD4 T cells, which secrete IFN-g – this activates macrophages to encase TB in granuloma.
- May be visible as a calcified lesion on plain CXR (Ghon focus)
- Most TB thought to be re-activation of this primary infection
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Tuberculosis
- During primary infection, MTB establishes infection within phago-lysosomes of macrophages. Macrophages present TB antigen to MTB-specific … T cells, which secrete IFN-g – this activates macrophages to encase TB in granuloma.
- May be visible as a calcified lesion on plain CXR (Ghon focus)
- Most TB thought to be …-… of this primary infection
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- During primary infection, MTB establishes infection within phago-lysosomes of macrophages. Macrophages present TB antigen to MTB-specific CD4 T cells, which secrete IFN-g – this activates macrophages to encase TB in granuloma.
- May be visible as a calcified lesion on plain CXR (Ghon focus)
- Most TB thought to be re-activation of this primary infection
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Influenza
- … viral illness
- Protective antibody responses largely directed against haemagglutinin (H) and neuramidase (N) surface antigens
- Natural antigenic ‘…’ each year means that protective immune response from previous years may not be protective
- Major antigenic ‘…’ when virus recombines with animal influenza strain – eg ‘Spanish’ Influenza (1918), H1N1 (2009)
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- Seasonal viral illness
- Protective antibody responses largely directed against haemagglutinin (H) and neuramidase (N) surface antigens
- Natural antigenic ‘drift’ each year means that protective immune response from previous years may not be protective
- Major antigenic ‘shift’ when virus recombines with animal influenza strain – eg ‘Spanish’ Influenza (1918), H1N1 (2009)
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Influenza
- Seasonal viral illness
- Protective antibody responses largely directed against … (H) and neuramidase (N) surface antigens
- Natural antigenic ‘drift’ each year means that protective immune response from previous years may not be …
- Major antigenic ‘shift’ when virus … with animal influenza strain – eg ‘Spanish’ Influenza (1918), H1N1 (2009)
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- Seasonal viral illness
- Protective antibody responses largely directed against haemagglutinin (H) and neuramidase (N) surface antigens
- Natural antigenic ‘drift’ each year means that protective immune response from previous years may not be protective
- Major antigenic ‘shift’ when virus recombines with animal influenza strain – eg ‘Spanish’ Influenza (1918), H1N1 (2009)
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Tetanus
- Pre-formed high-affinity … antibodies can … the toxin molecules in the circulation; the immune complexes are then removed via the …
- Anti-toxin can also be given in established cases (passive immunisation)
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- Pre-formed high-affinity IgG antibodies can neutralise the toxin molecules in the circulation; the immune complexes are then removed via the spleen
- Anti-toxin can also be given in established cases (passive immunisation)
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Tetanus
- Pre-formed high-affinity IgG antibodies can … the toxin molecules in the circulation; the immune complexes are then removed via the spleen
- …-toxin can also be given in established cases (… immunisation)
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- Pre-formed high-affinity IgG antibodies can neutralise the toxin molecules in the circulation; the immune complexes are then removed via the spleen
- Anti-toxin can also be given in established cases (passive immunisation)
88
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Vaccine conjugation
- Naive B cell (T-… B cell) expressing surface Ig… recognises … antigen. Antigen is internalised together with the protein …
- Conjugate is processed in the class II pathway. Naive B cell presents peptides from the conjugate to a helper T cell with the correct receptor.
- T cell helps the B cell to perform affinity maturation, but antibody is specific for the polysaccharide and not for the protein conjugate
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- Naive B cell (T-independent B cell) expressing surface IgM recognises polysaccharide antigen. Antigen is internalised together with the protein conjugate
- Conjugate is processed in the class II pathway. Naive B cell presents peptides from the conjugate to a helper T cell with the correct receptor.
- T cell helps the B cell to perform affinity maturation, but antibody is specific for the polysaccharide and not for the protein conjugate
89
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Vaccine conjugation
- Naive B cell (T-independent B cell) expressing surface IgM recognises polysaccharide antigen. Antigen is internalised together with the protein conjugate
- Conjugate is processed in the class … pathway. Naive B cell presents peptides from the conjugate to a … T cell with the correct receptor.
- T cell helps the B cell to perform affinity maturation, but antibody is specific for the polysaccharide and not for the protein conjugate
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- Naive B cell (T-independent B cell) expressing surface IgM recognises polysaccharide antigen. Antigen is internalised together with the protein conjugate
- Conjugate is processed in the class II pathway. Naive B cell presents peptides from the conjugate to a helper T cell with the correct receptor.
- T cell helps the B cell to perform affinity maturation, but antibody is specific for the polysaccharide and not for the protein conjugate
90
Q
Vaccine conjugation
- Naive B cell (T-independent B cell) expressing surface IgM recognises polysaccharide antigen. Antigen is internalised together with the protein conjugate
- Conjugate is processed in the class II pathway. Naive B cell presents peptides from the conjugate to a helper T cell with the correct receptor.
- T cell helps the B cell to perform … maturation, but antibody is specific for the … and not for the … conjugate
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- Naive B cell (T-independent B cell) expressing surface IgM recognises polysaccharide antigen. Antigen is internalised together with the protein conjugate
- Conjugate is processed in the class II pathway. Naive B cell presents peptides from the conjugate to a helper T cell with the correct receptor.
- T cell helps the B cell to perform affinity maturation, but antibody is specific for the polysaccharide and not for the protein conjugate
94
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Human papilloma virus vaccination
- HPV subtypes … and … infection major causal factor in cervical carcinoma
- Vaccine development problematic as HPV is difficult to …
- Subunit vaccines are ‘empty virus particles’ that prevent primary infection
- Quadravalent vaccine covers additional HPV strains (genital warts, penile cancer)
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- HPV subtypes 16 and 18 infection major causal factor in cervical carcinoma
- Vaccine development problematic as HPV is difficult to culture
- Subunit vaccines are ‘empty virus particles’ that prevent primary infection
- Quadravalent vaccine covers additional HPV strains (genital warts, penile cancer)
95
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Human papilloma virus vaccination
- HPV subtypes 16 and 18 infection major causal factor in cervical …
- Vaccine development problematic as HPV is difficult to culture
- Subunit vaccines are ‘… virus particles’ that prevent primary infection
- Quadravalent vaccine covers additional HPV strains (genital warts, penile cancer)
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- HPV subtypes 16 and 18 infection major causal factor in cervical carcinoma
- Vaccine development problematic as HPV is difficult to culture
- Subunit vaccines are ‘empty virus particles’ that prevent primary infection
- Quadravalent vaccine covers additional HPV strains (genital warts, penile cancer)
96
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Human papilloma virus vaccination
- HPV subtypes 16 and 18 infection major causal factor in cervical carcinoma
- Vaccine development problematic as HPV is difficult to culture
- … vaccines are ‘empty virus particles’ that prevent … infection
- … vaccine covers additional HPV strains (genital warts, penile cancer)
A
- HPV subtypes 16 and 18 infection major causal factor in cervical carcinoma
- Vaccine development problematic as HPV is difficult to culture
- Subunit vaccines are ‘empty virus particles’ that prevent primary infection
- Quadravalent vaccine covers additional HPV strains (genital warts, penile cancer)
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mRNA Vaccine - How does it work?
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113
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Example of lenteviral vaccine transduction
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