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Which type of immunity develops after natural exposure to a pathogen?

  • Natural passive immunity
  • Artificial active immunity
  • Artificial passive immunity
  • Natural active immunity (correct)
  • What is artificial passive immunity?

  • The transfer of antibodies produced by a donor to another individual (correct)
  • The exposure of an individual to a weakened strain of a pathogen
  • The deliberate exposure of an individual to weakened or inactivated pathogens
  • The exposure of the patient to the key antigens of a pathogen
  • What is the foundation for vaccination?

  • Natural passive immunity
  • Artificial active immunity (correct)
  • Artificial passive immunity
  • Natural active immunity
  • What is herd immunity?

    <p>When a population has very few susceptible individuals, which creates protection for even those who are susceptible</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is variolation?

    <p>The deliberate inoculation of individuals with infectious material from smallpox victims</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Edward Jenner observe that led to the development of the first vaccine?

    <p>Milkmaids who developed cowpox were immune to smallpox</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do live attenuated vaccines expose an individual to?

    <p>A weakened strain of a pathogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do inactivated vaccines contain?

    <p>Whole pathogens that have been killed or inactivated with heat, chemicals, or radiation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do subunit vaccines only expose the patient to?

    <p>The key antigens of a pathogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do toxoid vaccines contain?

    <p>Inactivated bacterial toxins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do conjugate vaccines consist of?

    <p>A protein conjugated to a capsule polysaccharide</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ideal vaccine?

    <p>Causes no severe adverse effects and poses no risk of contracting the disease it is intended to prevent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of immunity develops after natural exposure to a pathogen?

    <p>Natural active immunity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial passive immunity?

    <p>The transfer of antibodies produced by a donor to another individual</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the foundation for vaccination?

    <p>Artificial active immunity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is herd immunity?

    <p>When a population has very few susceptible individuals, which creates protection for even those who are susceptible</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is variolation?

    <p>The deliberate inoculation of individuals with infectious material from smallpox victims</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Edward Jenner observe that led to the development of the first vaccine?

    <p>Milkmaids who developed cowpox were immune to smallpox</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do live attenuated vaccines expose an individual to?

    <p>A weakened strain of a pathogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do inactivated vaccines contain?

    <p>Whole pathogens that have been killed or inactivated with heat, chemicals, or radiation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do subunit vaccines only expose the patient to?

    <p>The key antigens of a pathogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do toxoid vaccines contain?

    <p>Inactivated bacterial toxins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do conjugate vaccines consist of?

    <p>A protein conjugated to a capsule polysaccharide</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ideal vaccine?

    <p>Causes no severe adverse effects and poses no risk of contracting the disease it is intended to prevent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of immunity is triggered by vaccination?

    <p>Artificial immunity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the basis for artificial active immunity?

    <p>Exposure to weakened or inactivated pathogens</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is natural passive immunity?

    <p>Transfer of antibodies from a mother to her child</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial passive immunity used for?

    <p>Post-exposure prophylaxis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is herd immunity?

    <p>When a population has very few susceptible individuals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is variolation?

    <p>Deliberate inoculation with infectious material from smallpox victims</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Edward Jenner observe that led to the development of the first vaccine?

    <p>Milkmaids who developed cowpox were immune to smallpox</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between live attenuated vaccines and inactivated vaccines?

    <p>Live attenuated vaccines expose an individual to a weakened strain of a pathogen, while inactivated vaccines contain whole pathogens that have been killed or inactivated</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between subunit vaccines and toxoid vaccines?

    <p>Subunit vaccines contain only key antigens of a pathogen, while toxoid vaccines contain inactivated bacterial toxins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are conjugate vaccines?

    <p>Vaccines consisting of a protein conjugated to a capsule polysaccharide</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ideal vaccine?

    <p>Causes no severe adverse effects and poses no risk of contracting the disease it is intended to prevent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of immunity can be acquired both naturally and artificially?

    <p>Adaptive immunity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial immunity?

    <p>Immunity developed after vaccination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is natural passive immunity?

    <p>Immunity transferred from a mother to her child</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial passive immunity used for?

    <p>Treating an active infection</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the foundation for vaccination?

    <p>Adaptive immunity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is herd immunity?

    <p>Protection for even those who are susceptible</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is variolation?

    <p>The deliberate inoculation of individuals with infectious material from smallpox victims</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Edward Jenner observe that led to the development of the first vaccine?

    <p>Milkmaids who developed cowpox were immune to smallpox</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do live attenuated vaccines expose an individual to?

    <p>A weakened strain of a pathogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do inactivated vaccines contain?

    <p>Whole pathogens that have been killed or inactivated</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do subunit vaccines only expose the patient to?

    <p>Key antigens of a pathogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do toxoid vaccines contain?

    <p>Inactivated bacterial toxins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do conjugate vaccines consist of?

    <p>A protein conjugated to a capsule polysaccharide</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of immunity is achieved through vaccination?

    <p>Artificial active immunity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is natural passive immunity?

    <p>The transfer of antibodies from a mother to her child before and after birth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial passive immunity used for?

    <p>Both post-exposure prophylaxis and treating an active infection</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is herd immunity?

    <p>When a population has very few susceptible individuals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did variolation involve?

    <p>The deliberate inoculation of individuals with infectious material from smallpox victims</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Edward Jenner observe that led to the development of the first vaccine?

    <p>Milkmaids who developed cowpox were immune to smallpox</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do live attenuated vaccines expose an individual to?

    <p>A weakened strain of a pathogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do inactivated vaccines contain?

    <p>Whole pathogens that have been killed or inactivated</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do subunit vaccines only expose the patient to?

    <p>The key antigens of a pathogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do toxoid vaccines contain?

    <p>Inactivated bacterial toxins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do conjugate vaccines consist of?

    <p>A protein conjugated to a capsule polysaccharide</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ideal vaccine?

    <p>Causes no severe adverse effects and poses no risk of contracting the disease it is intended to prevent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of immunity can be acquired either naturally or artificially?

    <p>Adaptive immunity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is natural passive immunity?

    <p>The transfer of antibodies from a mother to her child before and after birth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial passive immunity used for?

    <p>Both post-exposure prophylaxis and treating an active infection</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial active immunity?

    <p>The activation of adaptive immunity through the deliberate exposure of an individual to weakened or inactivated pathogens</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is herd immunity?

    <p>When a population has very few susceptible individuals, which creates protection for even those who are susceptible</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was variolation?

    <p>The deliberate inoculation of individuals with infectious material from smallpox victims</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Edward Jenner observe that led to the development of the first vaccine?

    <p>Milkmaids who developed cowpox were immune to smallpox</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do live attenuated vaccines expose an individual to?

    <p>A weakened strain of a pathogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do inactivated vaccines contain?

    <p>Whole pathogens that have been killed or inactivated with heat, chemicals, or radiation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do subunit vaccines only expose the patient to?

    <p>The key antigens of a pathogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do toxoid vaccines contain?

    <p>Inactivated bacterial toxins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do conjugate vaccines consist of?

    <p>A protein conjugated to a capsule polysaccharide</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ideal vaccine?

    <p>Causes no severe adverse effects and poses no risk of contracting the disease it is intended to prevent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of immunity can be acquired either naturally or artificially?

    <p>Active immunity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is natural passive immunity?

    <p>The transfer of antibodies from a mother to her child before and after birth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the foundation for vaccination?

    <p>Artificial active immunity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial passive immunity used for?

    <p>Post-exposure prophylaxis or for treating an active infection</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial active immunity?

    <p>Activation of adaptive immunity through deliberate exposure to weakened or inactivated pathogens or key pathogen antigens</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is herd immunity?

    <p>When a population has very few susceptible individuals, which creates protection for even those who are susceptible</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was variolation?

    <p>The deliberate inoculation of individuals with infectious material from smallpox victims</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Edward Jenner observe that led to the development of the first vaccine?

    <p>Milkmaids who developed cowpox were immune to smallpox</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do live attenuated vaccines expose an individual to?

    <p>A weakened strain of a pathogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do subunit vaccines only expose the patient to?

    <p>The key antigens of a pathogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do toxoid vaccines contain?

    <p>Inactivated bacterial toxins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do conjugate vaccines consist of?

    <p>A protein conjugated to a capsule polysaccharide</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of immunity can be acquired either naturally or artificially?

    <p>Active immunity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is natural passive immunity?

    <p>The transfer of antibodies from a mother to her child</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial passive immunity?

    <p>The transfer of antibodies produced by a donor to another individual</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the foundation for vaccination?

    <p>Artificial active immunity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is herd immunity?

    <p>When a population has very few susceptible individuals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is variolation?

    <p>The deliberate inoculation of individuals with infectious material from smallpox victims</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Edward Jenner observe that led to the development of the first vaccine?

    <p>Milkmaids who developed cowpox were immune to smallpox</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do live attenuated vaccines expose an individual to?

    <p>A weakened strain of a pathogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do inactivated vaccines contain?

    <p>Whole pathogens that have been killed or inactivated with heat, chemicals, or radiation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do subunit vaccines only expose the patient to?

    <p>The key antigens of a pathogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do toxoid vaccines contain?

    <p>Inactivated bacterial toxins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do conjugate vaccines consist of?

    <p>A protein conjugated to a capsule polysaccharide</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ideal vaccine?

    <p>One that causes no severe adverse effects and poses no risk of contracting the disease it is intended to prevent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial immunity?

    <p>Immunity acquired through vaccination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between natural active immunity and natural passive immunity?

    <p>Natural active immunity develops after natural exposure to a pathogen, while natural passive immunity involves the transfer of antibodies from a mother to her child</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial passive immunity used for?

    <p>Treating an active infection</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial active immunity?

    <p>Immunity acquired through vaccination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is herd immunity?

    <p>Protection for even those who are susceptible due to a population having very few susceptible individuals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is variolation?

    <p>The deliberate inoculation of individuals with infectious material from smallpox victims</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Edward Jenner observe that led to the development of the first vaccine?

    <p>Milkmaids who developed cowpox were immune to smallpox</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do live attenuated vaccines expose an individual to?

    <p>A weakened strain of a pathogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do inactivated vaccines contain?

    <p>Whole pathogens that have been killed or inactivated with heat, chemicals, or radiation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do subunit vaccines only expose the patient to?

    <p>Only the key antigens of a pathogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do toxoid vaccines contain?

    <p>Inactivated bacterial toxins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do conjugate vaccines consist of?

    <p>A protein conjugated to a capsule polysaccharide</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ideal vaccine?

    <p>Has no severe adverse effects and poses no risk of contracting the disease it is intended to prevent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between natural active and natural passive immunity?

    <p>Natural active immunity develops after natural exposure to a pathogen, while natural passive immunity involves the transfer of antibodies from a mother to her child before and after birth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial passive immunity?

    <p>The transfer of antibodies produced by a donor to another individual, and is used for post-exposure prophylaxis or for treating an active infection.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial active immunity?

    <p>The activation of adaptive immunity through the deliberate exposure of an individual to weakened or inactivated pathogens or preparations consisting of key pathogen antigens.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is herd immunity?

    <p>When a population has very few susceptible individuals, which creates protection for even those who are susceptible.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was variolation?

    <p>The deliberate inoculation of individuals with infectious material from smallpox victims.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Edward Jenner observe that led to the development of the first vaccine?

    <p>Milkmaids who developed cowpox were immune to smallpox.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do live attenuated vaccines expose an individual to?

    <p>A weakened strain of a pathogen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do inactivated vaccines contain?

    <p>Whole pathogens that have been killed or inactivated with heat, chemicals, or radiation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do subunit vaccines only expose the patient to?

    <p>Key antigens of a pathogen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do toxoid vaccines contain?

    <p>Inactivated bacterial toxins.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do conjugate vaccines consist of?

    <p>A protein conjugated to a capsule polysaccharide.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ideal vaccine?

    <p>Causes no severe adverse effects and poses no risk of contracting the disease it is intended to prevent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of immunity can be acquired naturally or artificially?

    <p>Adaptive immunity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is natural passive immunity?

    <p>The transfer of antibodies from a mother to her child before birth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial passive immunity used for?

    <p>Post-exposure prophylaxis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial active immunity?

    <p>The activation of adaptive immunity through deliberate exposure to pathogens</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is herd immunity?

    <p>When a population has very few susceptible individuals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was variolation?

    <p>The deliberate inoculation of individuals with infectious material from smallpox victims</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Edward Jenner observe that led to the development of the first vaccine?

    <p>Milkmaids who developed cowpox were immune to smallpox</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do live attenuated vaccines expose an individual to?

    <p>A weakened strain of a pathogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do inactivated vaccines contain?

    <p>Whole pathogens that have been killed or inactivated</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do subunit vaccines only expose the patient to?

    <p>Key antigens of a pathogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do toxoid vaccines contain?

    <p>Inactivated bacterial toxins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do conjugate vaccines consist of?

    <p>A protein conjugated to a capsule polysaccharide</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ideal vaccine?

    <p>Causes no severe adverse effects and poses no risk of contracting the disease it is intended to prevent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of immunity can be acquired either naturally or artificially?

    <p>Adaptive immunity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between natural active immunity and natural passive immunity?

    <p>Natural active immunity develops after natural exposure to a pathogen, while natural passive immunity involves the transfer of antibodies from a mother to her child before and after birth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial passive immunity?

    <p>The transfer of antibodies produced by a donor to another individual, used for post-exposure prophylaxis or for treating an active infection.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial active immunity?

    <p>The activation of adaptive immunity through the deliberate exposure of an individual to weakened or inactivated pathogens or preparations consisting of key pathogen antigens.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is herd immunity?

    <p>When a population has very few susceptible individuals, which creates protection for even those who are susceptible.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is variolation?

    <p>The deliberate inoculation of individuals with infectious material from smallpox victims.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Edward Jenner observe that led to the development of the first vaccine?

    <p>Milkmaids who developed cowpox were immune to smallpox.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do live attenuated vaccines expose an individual to?

    <p>A weakened strain of a pathogen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do inactivated vaccines contain?

    <p>Whole pathogens that have been killed or inactivated with heat, chemicals, or radiation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do subunit vaccines only expose the patient to?

    <p>The key antigens of a pathogen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do toxoid vaccines contain?

    <p>Inactivated bacterial toxins.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do conjugate vaccines consist of?

    <p>A protein conjugated to a capsule polysaccharide.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ideal vaccine?

    <p>One that causes no severe adverse effects and poses no risk of contracting the disease it is intended to prevent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is adaptive immunity?

    <p>Immunity that is acquired either naturally or artificially</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between natural active immunity and natural passive immunity?

    <p>Natural active immunity develops after natural exposure to a pathogen, while natural passive immunity involves the transfer of antibodies from a mother to her child before and after birth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial passive immunity?

    <p>The transfer of antibodies produced by a donor to another individual, and is used for post-exposure prophylaxis or for treating an active infection.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial active immunity?

    <p>The deliberate exposure of an individual to weakened or inactivated pathogens or preparations consisting of key pathogen antigens.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is herd immunity?

    <p>When a population has very few susceptible individuals, which creates protection for even those who are susceptible.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is variolation?

    <p>The deliberate inoculation of individuals with infectious material from smallpox victims.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Edward Jenner observe that led to the development of the first vaccine?

    <p>Milkmaids who developed cowpox were immune to smallpox.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do live attenuated vaccines expose an individual to?

    <p>A weakened strain of a pathogen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do inactivated vaccines contain?

    <p>Whole pathogens that have been killed or inactivated with heat, chemicals, or radiation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do subunit vaccines only expose the patient to?

    <p>The key antigens of a pathogen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do toxoid vaccines contain?

    <p>Inactivated bacterial toxins.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do conjugate vaccines consist of?

    <p>A protein conjugated to a capsule polysaccharide.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ideal vaccine?

    <p>The vaccine that causes no severe adverse effects and poses no risk of contracting the disease it is intended to prevent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of immunity can be acquired naturally or artificially?

    <p>Adaptive immunity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is natural passive immunity?

    <p>The transfer of antibodies from a mother to her child before and after birth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial passive immunity used for?

    <p>Post-exposure prophylaxis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial active immunity?

    <p>The activation of adaptive immunity through the deliberate exposure of an individual to key pathogen antigens</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is herd immunity?

    <p>When a population has very few susceptible individuals, which creates protection for even those who are susceptible</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is variolation?

    <p>The deliberate inoculation of individuals with infectious material from smallpox victims</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Edward Jenner observe that led to the development of the first vaccine?

    <p>People who were vaccinated with cowpox were immune to smallpox</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do live attenuated vaccines expose an individual to?

    <p>A weakened strain of a pathogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do inactivated vaccines contain?

    <p>A whole pathogen that has been killed or inactivated</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do subunit vaccines only expose the patient to?

    <p>Key antigens of a pathogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do toxoid vaccines contain?

    <p>Inactivated bacterial toxins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do conjugate vaccines consist of?

    <p>A protein conjugated to a capsule polysaccharide</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ideal vaccine?

    <p>One that causes no severe adverse effects and poses no risk of contracting the disease it is intended to prevent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of immunity can be acquired naturally or artificially?

    <p>Adaptive immunity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between natural active immunity and natural passive immunity?

    <p>Natural active immunity develops after natural exposure to a pathogen, while natural passive immunity involves the transfer of antibodies from a mother to her child before and after birth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial passive immunity?

    <p>The transfer of antibodies produced by a donor to another individual, used for post-exposure prophylaxis or for treating an active infection.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial active immunity?

    <p>The foundation for vaccination and involves the activation of adaptive immunity through the deliberate exposure of an individual to weakened or inactivated pathogens or preparations consisting of key pathogen antigens.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is herd immunity?

    <p>When a population has very few susceptible individuals, which creates protection for even those who are susceptible.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is variolation?

    <p>The deliberate inoculation of individuals with infectious material from smallpox victims, practiced for centuries before Edward Jenner developed the modern process of vaccination.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Edward Jenner observe that led to the development of the first vaccine?

    <p>Milkmaids who developed cowpox were immune to smallpox.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do live attenuated vaccines expose an individual to?

    <p>A weakened strain of a pathogen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do inactivated vaccines contain?

    <p>Whole pathogens that have been killed or inactivated with heat, chemicals, or radiation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do subunit vaccines only expose the patient to?

    <p>The key antigens of a pathogen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do toxoid vaccines contain?

    <p>Inactivated bacterial toxins.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do conjugate vaccines consist of?

    <p>A protein conjugated to a capsule polysaccharide, developed to enhance the efficacy of subunit vaccines against pathogens with protective polysaccharide capsules.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ideal vaccine?

    <p>The ideal vaccine causes no severe adverse effects and poses no risk of contracting the disease it is intended to prevent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of immunity can be acquired naturally or artificially?

    <p>Adaptive immunity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main purpose of vaccination?

    <p>To prevent future infection</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is natural passive immunity?

    <p>The transfer of antibodies from a mother to her child before and after birth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial passive immunity used for?

    <p>Post-exposure prophylaxis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between live attenuated and inactivated vaccines?

    <p>Live attenuated vaccines contain whole pathogens that have been weakened, while inactivated vaccines contain whole pathogens that have been killed or inactivated</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are subunit vaccines?

    <p>Vaccines that only expose the patient to the key antigens of a pathogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are toxoid vaccines?

    <p>Vaccines that contain inactivated bacterial toxins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is herd immunity?

    <p>When a population has very few susceptible individuals, which creates protection for even those who are susceptible</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is variolation?

    <p>The deliberate inoculation of individuals with infectious material from smallpox victims</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Edward Jenner observe that led to the development of the first vaccine?

    <p>Milkmaids who developed cowpox were immune to smallpox</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are conjugate vaccines?

    <p>Vaccines that consist of a protein conjugated to a capsule polysaccharide</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is artificial active immunity?

    <p>The activation of adaptive immunity through the deliberate exposure of an individual to weakened or inactivated pathogens or preparations consisting of key pathogen antigens</p> Signup and view all the answers

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