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a vaccination is a dead or deactivated virus. the body treats the vaccine as a threat to the body, so it fights the disease. it leaves you with memory T (killer cells) and B (cells that create antibodies). when the actual disease comes, the memory B cells make antibodies that stick to the disease cells antigens, and the memory T cells kill the disease, to end the disease before it can start.
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Has the hpv vaccine caused women to get cervical cancer?
There is no evidence that HPV vaccine causes cervical cancer. Because the vaccine doesn't contain live virus, it can't cause HPV disease.
Why can injecting a person with a killed bacteria vaccine protect that individual from that disease?
Injecting someone with a killed bacteria protects that person because it causes the immune system to fight off that disease without being infected by it. The body thinks its being invaded by that disease and the immune system destroys it, and this will help prevent you from contracting it.
What is rotavirus vaccine used for?
Rotavirus is a disease that causes extreme diarrhea particularly in children and the elderly. The vaccine is given to children aged 2 to 3 years old and effectively reduces the number of children who contract the disease, and the severity for those who do get it.
How does a vaccination prevent infection?
The vaccine is made of weakened virus particles. This causes your body to produce interferon to fight an infection. :-)
Which disease is it that is vaccine-preventable and may be contracted by unimmunized children from adults and causes a paroxysmal cough?
Pertussis, aka Whooping Cough.
What is weirdlosis?
It is a disease that causes a person to shreak at high pitches and to stick their tongue and say, "alum". This causes certain people to become spaztic and many other weird symptoms. Also, the victim also gains a weird smile. It is spread by hanging out with kids with weirdlosis already. however, the origin of the disease is unkown. there is no way to prevent this disease though.
What disease is characterized by ascending paralysis?
what disease is chaaracterized by ascending paralysis
What is Gillian Beret Syndrum?
Gillian beret disease is an illness caused by infection and causes paralysis. However, if treated early it can be controlled. Sadly there is no vaccine for it.
What is diarrhea vaccine?
Diarrhea is a symptom of several diseases, not a disease itself. Therefor there is no vaccine for diarrhea. But there are vaccines for some of the diseases that cause diarrhea as a symptom. However there are also non-disease causes of diarrhea and for these there will never be a vaccine, as there is nothing to vaccinate against.Diarrhea is also a symptom of several types of poisons as well as radiation sickness and although these can be considered "diseases" or "illnesses", there is no disease causing organism to vaccinate against so there will never be a vaccine.
Can hpv cause a disease or is it a disease?
HPV is a virus. It causes different types of ailments including warts and certain kinds of cancer.
A certain virus causes a disease of the digestive system. What is the most likely source of this virus?
Water
Is influenza an organism?
No, but it is caused by an organism. Influenza is the name of the infectious disease that certain viruses cause in people and other animals. The virus that causes the flu is the organism, and influenza is the disease the organism causes.
