The field of immunology expanded along with the development of vaccines. The first widely used vaccine was against the human disease smallpox and was developed from the
vaccinia virus
variola virus
monkeypox virus
chickenpox virus
The person who coined the term ‘chemotherapy’ and was the first to focus research efforts on the development of drugs to treat infectious disease was
Edward Jenner
Louis Pasteur
Paul Ehrlich
Alexander Fleming
A “magic bullet” drug for to stop HIV replication might be
inhibition of nucleic synthesis by Rifamycin
inhibition of reverse transcriptase by Lamivudine
inhibition of protein synthesis by Streptomycin
inhibition of microtubule function by Mebendazole
A ‘magic bullet’ drug to control an infection with Candida albicans (thrush) or Tinea pedis (athlete’s foot) might target which of the following?
Ergosterol
70S ribosomes
Peptidoglycan
