Vacintion Flashcards
What do antibodies stick to?
pathogens
What does this trigger?
to destroy pathogens
What does vaccination involve?
small qualities of dead or inactive forms of a pathogen in the body
What are antibodies?
White blood cell
What do white blood cells produce
antibodies against a pathogen which has entered the body
What are white blood cells stimulated to produce
antibodies against the dead or inactive pathogens
What do the white blood cells divide by
they divide by mitosis to produce lots of copies
What happens if the same illness comes back
white blood cells can provide the correct antibodies quickly
What is very important about people?
a very large number of people are vaccinated against pathogens
What happens if enough people are vaccinated?
this protect unvaccinated people
What is herd immunity?
the community becomes immune to a disease