Vaccines - Bacterial And Viral

Question 1

What vaccines do you get at 8 weeks?

Answer 1

6-in-1 virus
Rotavirus
MenB

Question 2

What vaccines do you get at 12 weeks?

Answer 2

6-in-1
Pneumococcal
Rotavirus

Question 3

What vaccines do you get at 16 weeks?

Answer 3

6-in-1

MenB

Question 4

What vaccines do you get at 1 year?

Answer 4

Hib/MenC
MMR
Pneumococcal
MenB

Question 5

What vaccines do you get at 2-10 years?

Answer 5

Flu

Question 6

What vaccines do you get at 3 years and 4 months?

Answer 6

MMR

4-in-1 pre-school booster

Question 7

What vaccines do you get at 12-13 years?

Answer 7

HPV

Question 8

What vaccines do you get at 14 years?

Answer 8

3-in-1 teenage booster

MenACWY

Question 9

What does the 6-in-1 vaccine contain?

Answer 9

Diphtheria
Tetanus
HepB
Pertussis
Polio
Haemophilus influenza B

Question 10

In the 6-in-1 vaccine, which are toxoid based?

Answer 10

Diphtheria
Tetanus
Pertussis

Question 11

In the 6-in-1 vaccine, which are inactivated?

Answer 11

Polio

Question 12

In the 6-in-1 vaccine, which are a recombinant subunit?

Answer 12

HepB

Question 13

In the 6-in-1 vaccine, which are conjugated?

Answer 13

Hib

Question 14

In the 6-in-1 vaccine, which are oral live?

Answer 14

Rotavirus

Question 15

Which vaccines do you get at 65 years?

Answer 15

Pneumococcal

Question 16

Which vaccines do you get at 65 years+?

Answer 16

Flu

Question 17

Which vaccines do you get at 70 years?

Answer 17

Shingles

Question 18

What vaccines do pregnant women get?

Answer 18

Flu vaccine and pertussis

Question 19

What are the two versions of the shingles vaccine?

Answer 19

Live attenuated and recombinant

Question 20

What type of pathogen in neisseria meningitidis?

Answer 20

Gram negative bacteria

Question 21

What does neisseria meningitidis cause?

Answer 21

Meningitis, sepsis etc

Question 22

Why was the menC dose at four months dropped in 2013?

Answer 22

MenC incidence had fallen very significantly in the community

Question 23

Why was the menC vaccine replaced with the MenACWY vaccine in 2015?

Answer 23

To offer protection against four strains of meningococcal disease

Question 24

What is the Hib vaccine made up of?

Answer 24

Type b capsule polysaccharide linked to conjugate either diphtheria or tetanus toxoids or meningococcal outer membrane proteins

Question 25

What is the diphtheria vaccine made up of?

Answer 25

Toxoid combined with aluminium salt adjuvant

Question 26

What is the difference between the DTaP and dTaP vaccine?

Answer 26

D = higher amount of toxoid

Question 27

Which vaccines are contained within the DTaP vaccine?

Answer 27

Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis

Question 28

What is the tetanus vaccine made up of?

Answer 28

Toxoid combined with aluminium salt adjuvant

Question 29

What does the pertussis vaccine prevent against?

Answer 29

Whooping cough

Question 30

What is the pertussis vaccine made up of?

Answer 30

Acellular - containing the toxoid,filamentous haemagglutinin and pertacin

Question 31

What is the function of filamentous haemagglutinin and pertacin in the pertussis vaccine?

Answer 31

Promotes adhesion to cells

Question 32

What is the aim of the influenza vaccine?

Answer 32

To protect those who are at most risk of serious illness or death should they develop it and to reduce circulation of the virus

Question 33

Who gets the influenza vaccine?

Answer 33

``` 65yrs+ 6 months+ in a clinical risk group People in long-stay residential facilities Elderly or disabled carers People who live with immunocompromised Health and social care workers Pregnant women Those who work with poultry 2-10yrs ```

Question 34

What is the flu vaccine made up of?

Answer 34

Quadrivalent inactivated (two subtypes of fluA and two of fluB)

Question 35

What does pneumococcal infection cause?

Answer 35

``` Sinusitis Meningitis Otitis media Pneumonia Peritonitis Soft tissue infection Arthritis ```

Question 36

What is the pneumococcus vaccine made up of?

Answer 36

Polysaccharides from the 13 most common capsule types | Conjugated to diphtheria toxoid

Question 37

What is the vaccine against human papilloma virus called?

Answer 37

Gardasil

Question 38

What does Gardasil protect against?

Answer 38

HPV serotypes 6, 11, 16 and 18

Question 39

What is a disease of the 8th day?

Answer 39

Infection of the umbilical cord -> disease manifestation on the 8th day of life

Question 40

How do you protect against neonatal tetanus?

Answer 40

Vaccinate mother late in pregnancy -> lots of maternal IgG in the neonate

Question 41

What is the vaccine against TB called?

Answer 41

BCG

Question 42

What type of vaccine is BCG?

Answer 42

live attenuated