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What is a substance usually a protein that causes the formation of an antibody and reacts specifically with that antibody?
An antigen is any substance that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against it. An antigen may be a foreign substance from the environment. If you get a vaccine for rubella, the antibody formed will not act against mumps (another virus).
What is vaccine production?
Vaccines are produced in large scale as they need to be administered to large populations of children and adults to be effective as a public health tool. This large scale production is often a challenge. Vaccine production has several stages. Process of vaccine manufacture has the following steps: Inactivation - This involves making of the antigen preparation Purification - The isolated antigen is purified Formulation - The purified antigen is combined with adjuvants, stabilizers and preservatives to form the final vaccine preparation.
A vaccine can give you active immunity because it is a form of a specific?
(1 pt) antigen
Can pollen act as an antigen?
yes pollens can act as antigen for those who have allergic,it can cause various respiratory diseases including Asthma.
What does the triple antigen vaccine prevent?
There are different kinds of triple antigen vaccines. A triple antigen vaccine is one made with three different antigens (often three virus strains). The seasonal flu vaccines are examples of triple antigen vaccines, because they contain vaccines against the three influenza viruses most prominent and most likely to spread that season. These are also called Triple Valent or Trivalent vaccines. Another example is the MMR trivalent vaccine made to vaccinate against Measles, Mumps, and Rubella. Several of the childhood vaccinations are this type of trivalent vaccine.
What is antigene and antibody?
An antigen is a substance that can invoke an immune response. While an antibody is the immune system's response to an antigen. Antibodies, act by directly neutralizing the antigen and/or bind to the antigen and signaling marcophages to phagocytose the antigen.
Can a new unrelated peptide antigen can be used along with live vaccine to raise antibody against both?
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The act or practice of inoculating someone with vaccine as a protection against disease-?
The act or practice of inoculating someone with a vaccine as a protection against disease is known as a vaccination. Examples of vaccinations include the flu vaccine and the MMR vaccine.
What is the cure in hepatitis b surface antigen?
At present, there is no cure for Hepatitis B. There is a vaccine that will prevent it, however.
An antibody reacts to what antigen?
An antibody reacts to the specific antigen it is made to attach to. It is like the lock and key model; it locks onto the antigen.
What is the most potent antigen?
Of all the foreign molecules that act as complete antigens, proteins are the most potent.
Which of the following is not an antigen that may be found on the surface of an erythrocyte a A antigen b B antigen c O antigen d Rh antigen?
A antigen
