Vaccine Knowledge Challenge

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What is a vaccine?

Vaccines are a medicine that use the body's natural defenses to build resistance to specific infections.

How do vaccines help develop immunity?

Vaccines imitate an infection and stimulate the body to create antibodies, without causing the disease.

What are the benefits of vaccines?

Vaccines provide the benefits of having antibodies to a pathogen without having to be exposed to different pathogens that can cause serious disease or death.

What does the immune system do after a person gets a vaccine?

<p>The immune system detects foreign material, produces antibodies targeted for the specific pathogen, and remembers the pathogen to fight it in the future.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What diseases can vaccines protect against?

<p>Vaccines can protect against many different diseases, some of which have become very rare due to widespread vaccination.</p> Signup and view all the answers