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Immunity and Vaccinations

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  1. 1What are the two types of immunity?Active
    Passive
  2. 2What is active immunity?When your immune system makes its own antibodies after being stimulated by an antigen
  3. 3What are the two types of active immunity?Natural - when you become immune after catching a disease (e.g. measles)
    Artificial - when you become immune after being inoculated (given a vaccination) with a harmless dose of antigen
  4. 4What is passive immunity?The type of immunity you get from being given antibodies made by a different organism - your immune system does NOT produce any antibodies of its own
  5. 5What are the two types of passive immunity?Natural - when a baby becomes immune due to the antibodies it receives from its mother (through placenta or breast milk)
    Artificial - when you become immune after being injected with antibodies from someone else (e.g. collected from blood donations)
  6. 6Compare the levels of exposure to antigens in active immunity and passive immunityACTIVE
    Requires exposure to antigen
    PASSIVE
    No exposure to antigen
  7. 7Compare the speed of protection in active immunity and passive immunityACTIVE
    Takes a while for protection to develop
    PASSIVE
    Immediate protection
  8. 8Compare the longevity of protection in active immunity and passive immunityACTIVE
    Protection is long-term
    PASSIVE
    Protection is short-term
  9. 9Compare the production of memory cells in active immunity and passive immunityACTIVE
    Memory cells are produced
    PASSIVE
    Memory cells are NOT produced
  10. 10What is an autoimmune disease?An autoimmune disease is a disease resulting from the immune system treating self-antigens as foreign antigens and launching an immune response against the organism's own tissues.
  11. 11TRUE OR FALSE: Autoimmune diseases are usually chronic and cannot be curedTRUE AND FALSE
    Autoimmune diseases are usually chronic
    BUT! Although they can often be treated, they are currently incurable
  12. 12Name two autoimmune diseasesLupus
    Rheumatoid arthritis
  13. 13Describe the cause and symptoms of lupusCAUSE
    Caused by the immune system attacking cells in the connective tissues
    SYMPTOMS
    Damages the tissues and causes painful inflammation
    Can affect the skin and joints, as well as organs such as the heart and lungs
  14. 14Describe the cause and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritisCAUSE
    Caused by the immune system attacking cells in the joints
    SYMPTOMS
    Causes pain and inflammation
  15. 15Define vaccinationThe administration of antigens (in a vaccine) into the body
  16. 16Define immunisationThe process by which you develop immunity (vaccination causes immunisation)
  17. 17How do vaccines work?Vaccines contain antigens that cause the body to produce memory cells against a particular pathogen, without the pathogen causing disease. The antigens may be free or attached to a dead or attenuated (weakened) pathogen.
    Vaccines may be injected or taken orally.
  18. 18What are the disadvantages of taking vaccines orally?It could be broken down by enzymes in the gut
    The molecules of the vaccine may be too large to be absorbed into the blood
  19. 19TRUE OR FALSE A vaccine only needs to be administered once for a person to remain immune for the rest of their lifeFALSE
    Sometimes booster vaccines are given later on to make sure that more memory cells are produced
  20. 20Why are people being vaccinated?If most people in a community are vaccinated, the disease becomes extremely rare. This means that even people who have not been vaccinated are unlikely to get the disease, as there is no one to catch it from. This is known as herd immunity
  21. 21Complete the sentence: Herd immunity helps to prevent ___________.Herd immunity helps to prevent EPIDEMICS.Complete the sentence: Herd immunity helps to prevent ___________.
  22. 22Name two routine vaccines that are offered to everybodyMMR vaccine
    Meningitis C vaccine
  23. 23What does the MMR vaccine do?Protects against measles, mumps and rubella. The MMR is usually given to children as an injection at around a year old, and again before they start school.
    It contains attenuated measles, mumps and rubella viruses
  24. 24What does the meningitis C vaccine do?Protects against the bacteria that causes meningitis C. It is first given as an injection to babies at 3 months.
    Boosters are then given to 1-year olds and teenagers
  25. 25Some vaccines may need to be changed frequently. Why?Some pathogens can change their surface antigens (e.g. influenza virus), forming new strains. Memory cells produced from vaccination one with strain will not recognise other strains with different antigens
  26. 26Labs collect samples of different ________ and organisations (e.g. WHO and Centre for Disease Control (CDC)) test the _____________ of different vaccines. This is an example of using science to inform ________ _________.Labs collect samples of different STRAINS and organisations (e.g. WHO and Centre for Disease Control (CDC)) test the EFFECTIVENESS of different vaccines. This is an example of using science to inform DECISION MAKING.

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Der Nutzer hat seine Fachbereichs-Information gelöscht. Karteikarten am Immunity and Vaccinations, erstellt von Gelöschter Nutzer am 05/03/2018.
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