Vaccines Flashcards
1
Q
Flu vaccine comes in..
A
As trivalent or quadrivalent
Trivalent protects against three strains of the flu, quadrivalent protects against four
2
Q
What does the pneumococcal vaccine do?
A
Protects us from 7 to 23 strains of pneumococci bacteria
3
Q
What are inactivated vaccines?
A
Where the virus isn’t active, but the protein shell is intact
4
Q
What is the purpose of inactivated vaccines?
A
So the body can launch the defence mechanism via white blood cells
The white blood cells will remember the virus and how to defend against it
