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22 Cards in this Set
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Which disease was first to have a vaccine against? |
Small pox |
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What age do children in uk get their first vaccine? |
8 weeks tetanus |
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When do children in the uk have their last vaccine? |
14 years old |
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What type of vaccination provides longer lasting immune protection? |
Live attenuated |
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What kind of pathogen causes measles? |
Enveloped virus |
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How is small pox transmitted? |
Mouth and nose secretions and pus |
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What are the two main differences of small pox and the less severe chicken pox |
Small pox there is spots more on the extremities and the fever starts before the spots break out |
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When was small pox eradicated? |
1980 |
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Is small pox infectious before the spots break out? |
No |
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How long after infection do I have before the spots break out? |
2 weeks |
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What is an example of variolation? |
Took pus from spots and rubbed on uninfected peoples skin |
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could I catch small pox from the environment? |
No from host |
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Name some characteristics of an ideal vaccination |
1.one does 2.safe 3. Promotes effective resistance 4. Long lasting resistance 5.cost effective 6.stable to storage and shipping |
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What public health and socio political factors influence how likely a pathogen is to be targeted with vaccine? |
Severe disease Stable vaccine available Effects both affluent and poor |
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What does endemic mean? |
Present all the time |
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At 1967 there was 12% vaccines effective what year was 100% vaccine? |
1970 |
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Despite a disease being eradicated what activities are still undergone to ensure there isnt future epidemics? |
1.They keep hold of the vaccine 2.continue to surveillance of animal reservoirs 3. Threat of bioterrorism |
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What was the next virus chosen to try and eradicate? And what happens if you have it |
Polio- 1 in 200 cases get paralysis |
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The polio virus virus has 3 stereotypes how is it transmitted what kind of pathogen is it? |
Through digestive tract feces and oral (non enveloped virus) can survive in environment and also in stomach acid |
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What are the two types of vaccination for polio and what are their characteristics? |
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What 3 places still have endemic? |
Ghana, Afghanistan and Pakistan |
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What vaccine can we use against the odd case of polio once we have created mass herd immunity worldwide? |
IPV instead of OPV |
