Vaccination and Immunity

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What term is used to describe the protection from disease provided by vaccination or recovery from the disease itself?

  • Immunity (correct)
  • Chemotherapy
  • Inoculation
  • Antibiotics

Who discovered why vaccination works by working on cholera vaccination around 1880?

  • Ehrlich
  • Quinine
  • Pasteur (correct)
  • Paul

What term did Pasteur use for cultures of avirulent microorganisms used for preventive inoculation?

  • Chemotherapeutic agent
  • Salvarsan
  • Vaccine (correct)
  • Antibiotic

What is the term used for treatment of disease by using chemical substances?

<p>Chemotherapy (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Paul Ehrlich develop in 1910 as the first synthetic drug to treat syphilis?

<p>Salvarsan (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What substance was long used to treat malaria and derived from tree bark?

<p>Quinine (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of immunity called?

<p>Immunology (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which branch of microbiology focuses on the study of fungi?

<p>Mycology (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of vaccination/inoculation?

<p>To stimulate the immune system (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which substances are produced by the body's immune system to inhibit virus replication?

<p>Interferons (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What branch of microbiology focuses on studying protozoa and parasitic worms?

<p>Parasitology (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How have recent advances in genomics impacted the classification of microorganisms?

<p>By introducing new tools for classification (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was the first to prove that a bacterium causes anthrax?

<p>Robert Koch (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which scientist advocated hand washing to prevent transmission of childbirth fever?

<p>Ignaz Semmelweis (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who found a way to protect people from smallpox through vaccination?

<p>Edward Jenner (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which scientist showed that a silkworm disease was caused by a fungus in 1835?

<p>Agostino Bassi (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who used a chemical disinfectant (phenol) to prevent surgical wound infections?

<p>Joseph Lister (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term is derived from the Latin word 'vacca' meaning cow?

<p>Vaccination (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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