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3yr old without a spleen, what type of infecting agents is she most at risk from?
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encapsulated bacteria-- polysaccharide bacteria
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without a spleen which vaccines can she receive in the future?
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killed/inactivate, live attenuated, protein subunit, conjugate. the only one she wouldn't be able to get is... polysaccharide subunit
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which vaccine should she definitely be given?
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neumococcal conjugate vaccine-want the conjugate instead of polysaccharide. the reason is because you can get disease easily from mouth infections.
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Rapid outbreak of a pathogen. in designing a vaccine to provide protection agains this disease. what type of vaccine should you attempt?
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live attenuated
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what point would herd immunity be achieved?
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90% infants vaccinated, 85% adults vaccinated
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production of a vaccine has involved growth of virus in a cell culture model using omk cells as a host. what type of vaccine has this company generated?
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live attenuated
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what difficulties might the company have in production or quality control?
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reversion mutants
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pt with chronic myelogenous leukemia. often caused by trasnlocation of bcr gene later protein of the abl protein tyrosine inkase gene. dr wants a procedure whereby a sample of his out dendrititc cells are removed, transfected with a plasmid encoding the bcr-abl(fusion) and cells are reintroduced. what type of a vaccinine does this procedure represent?
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subunit
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