Vaccines Flashcards
Immunisation is an … process by which an individual is rendered …
Immunisation is an artificial process by which an individual is rendered immune
What is Immunisation?
Immunisation is an artificial process by which an individual is rendered immune
… immunisation – no immune response in recipient
Passive immunisation – no immune response in recipient
… immunisation (…) – recipient develops a protective adaptive immune response
Active immunisation (vaccination) – recipient develops a protective adaptive immune response
Passive vs Active Immunisation
- Passive immunisation – no immune response in recipient
- Active immunisation (vaccination) – recipient develops a protective adaptive immune response
Immunisation is one of the cheapest and most effective methods of improving … and reducing …
Immunisation is one of the cheapest and most effective methods of improving survival and reducing morbidity
Immunisation estimated reduction in mortality worldwide … million/ yr
Immunisation estimated reduction in mortality worldwide 3 million/ yr
Variola = … virus
Variola =smallpox virus

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)
- 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)
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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
- 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
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 …
- 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
Is passive immunisation protection permanent or temporary?
temporary
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
- 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

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
- 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

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
- 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

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
- 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

In pregnant women with no history of chickenpox or unsure, do bloods to check for VZV IgG - If positive, what does that mean?
Reassure - they are immune, if negative this means they have not had chickenpox before and give VZV immunoglobulin
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
- 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

Active immunisation is the same as …
Active immunisation (vaccination)
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
- 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
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
- 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
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
- 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

























