Vaccines Flashcards
1
Q
What are Live attenuated vaccines?
What are they good for?
A
- Infectious virus that cannot cause disease
- Best immune response and for memory
2
Q
What are inactivated vaccines?
- whole agent
- subunit agent
A
Whole agent- Entire inactive pathogen that is NOT infectious
Subunit- Antigenic part (required adjuvant)
3
Q
What are purified subunit vaccines?
-What are the types
A
Antigenic parts from pathogen
- Natural subunit
- Recombinant subunit
4
Q
- What are natural subunit vaccines?
- What are recombinant subunit vaccines
A
- Subunit harvested from pathogen
- Engineered in lab
5
Q
What are toxoid vaccines?
A
Toxins from bacteria that are inactivated
6
Q
What are conjugate vaccines?
A
Bind polysaccharide antigen to protein antigen
7
Q
What are the ways vaccines are administered?
A
- Injection
- Nasal Spray
- Oral
- Patch
