Vaccines

Question 1

Live vaccine- characteristics

Answer 1

Weakened, replicates natural infection, longer lasting immunity, may pass to close contacts- do not use in immunocompromised

Question 2

Live vaccines

Answer 2

MMR
Varicella zoster
Intranasal influenza
Rotavirus
Yellow fever
Vaccinia (small pox)
Oral polio
BCG (Tb)
Ty21a- oral typhoid

Question 3

Inactivated vaccine- characteristics

Answer 3

Doesn’t produce disease, safe to host and contacts, boosters needed for long term immunity, no mucosal IgA

Question 4

Vaccine- Adverse reactions- common

Answer 4

Redness, low grade fever, fainting, HA, fussiness

Question 5

Vaccine- Adverse reactions- - moderate

Answer 5

seizures

Question 6

Vaccine- Adverse reactions- severe

Answer 6

allergic rxn, deafness, permanent brain damage (MMR)

Question 7

Recommended travel immies

Answer 7

1) Routine- childhood immies.
2) Required- yellow fever & menigicoccal meningitis
3) Recommended- Hep A & B, Typhoid, cholera, polio, jap. encephalitis, rabies,