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A vaccine is essentially a weakened or dead version of the virus. This essentially "infects" you with the virus and causes the body's immune system to respond and create anti-bodies that will kill the real virus if it does ever get into your system.
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Explain how an active vaccine works to protect the human body?
A vaccine works by producing antibodies to immunize the body against the virus that vaccine is intended to protect against.
Is another term for H1N1 Swine Flu vaccine Pneumococcal vaccine?
No, the "pneumonia vaccine" is to protect against several types of pneumonia that are common and will not protect against the A-H1N1/09 virus. See related questions below.
How is the body's reaction to a vaccine similar to its reaction when it is attacked by a virus?
The body reacts to a vaccine by producing antibodies to protect against the disease.
Is tetramune a virus or a bacteria?
Tetramune is a vaccine produced to protect against 4 bacteria:diphtheria and tetanus and pertussis and haemophilus
How does a vaccine prepare the immune system of the body?
A vaccine normally exposes the body's immune system to dead portions of the virus it is trying to protect against. The immune system will still react to the dead virus and develop anti-bodies to protect against the virus. This will either prevent the person from becoming infected or reduce the length and the severity of the symptoms if they do become infected.
When someone receives a vaccine that is a form of?
I am not sure what you are asking with this question, but a vaccine normally contains dead portions of the virus it is going to protect you against. The dead virus allows your body to produce anti-bodies capable to defending your body against the live virus if you were to come in contact with it. This could result in you never being infected by this virus, or that the symptomes will not be as harsh as normal.
What is the connection between varicella and the chickenpox vaccine?
Varicella Zoster is a type of herpes virus that is commonly the cause of chickenpox. The chickenpox vaccine, often called the Varicella vaccine, is a live virus vaccine to protect against chickenpox, as it can be extremely dangerous in adults. As shingles can also result from the same virus, the vaccine protects against that as well.
What is da2pv vaccine?
In veterinary medicine, that is a vaccine against Distemper, Adenovirus type 2 and Parvo Virus
Explain how the salk and sabin vaccines provide protection against polio?
Vaccines provide protection by reproducing antibodies which fights the poliovirus, or whatever the virus is the vaccine is intended to protect against. Some vaccines may also protect against certain bacterial infections, such as pneumonia.
Why a vaccine which worked against an old virus not work against new types?
it is a different shape
What is a vaccine such as that against hepatitis A that is made from inactivated pathogens is called a?
killed virus
How were flu pandemics created?
antigenic shift. That shift produces a new subtype that is different from the two parent viruses. When the new subtype contains genes from the human virus,a pandemic resulted because there was no immunity to the virus and no vaccine to protect against it.
