Criado por Simeon Crane
mais de 5 anos atrás
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Questão | Responda |
What age is the first dose of the MMR vaccine given in the UK? | 1 year old |
What age is the the first dose of the MenB given in the UK? | Eight weeks old |
What is a lack of expression of MHC class 1 molecules called? | Bare lymphocyte syndrome |
What type of immunity do vaccines give? | Active artificially acquired immunity |
What organisation monitors vaccination use globally? | WHO |
What effect did the Wakefield paper have on the MMR vaccine? | Decreased the uptake as parents stopped using the vaccine |
What is the primary purpose of the vaccination programmes? | To protect an individual from the diseases |
How do vaccinations provide long term protection against specific pathogens? | As vaccination leads to the formation of long-lived memory cells |
What is an adjuvant used for in a vaccine? | It is an immune- potentiator substance |
What type of vaccine is the MMR vaccine? | Live, attenuated vaccine |
What type of vaccine is the Flu vaccine? | Inactivated or "killed" vaccine |
Why is the Men ACWY vaccine recommended for all first year undergraduate students? | As there is a high risk of Neisseria Meningitis ACWY at University |
What is the most common causative bacteria of meningitis? | Neisseria Meningitidis |
What did the Wakefield paper claim? | That the MMR vaccine caused autism |
What is the name of the chemical inactivation agent used in the polio virus? | Formaldehyde |
Why is the pneumovax-23 vaccine given routinely to the elderly population (>65yo) in the NHS? | Elderly people have a declining immunity |
Why is Gardisil given to girls aged 12-13yr on the NHS routine vaccination schedule? | HPV is an STI and infection can cause cervical cancer |
What is the msot common cause of death in children under 5 worldwide? | Pneumonia |
What is antigenic drift? | A mechanism for variation in viruses that involves the accumulation of mutations within the genes that code for antibody- binding sites |
What change to the NHS schedule has been made this year (2019) regarding the HPV vaccine? | Will now include boys aged 12-13yo as well as girls |
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