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Vaccines are designed to stimulate the immune system to recognize and respond to specific antigens, which are molecules found on pathogens like viruses and bacteria. Antigen shifting, or antigenic drift/shift, occurs when these pathogens undergo genetic changes, altering their surface antigens and potentially evading immune responses. This relationship highlights the need for ongoing vaccine updates, as changes in antigens can diminish the effectiveness of existing vaccines, necessitating new formulations to maintain immunity in the population.
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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?
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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 the role of adjuvants?
adjuvants are substances that when mixed with isolated antigen,increases its immunogenicity,thereby provoking inflammation and draws large number numbers of immune system cells to the site of injection.
Can a new unrelated peptide antigen can be used along with live vaccine to raise antibody against both?
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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 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.
How long to wait between flu vaccine and shingles vaccine?
interval- flu vaccine and the shingles vaccine
Can you try to get pregnant now you have just had the hepatitis b vaccine?
There is no relationship between the two. Go ahead and add to the planet's population.
Is there a relationship between serotonin and autism?
Yes. The relationship involves conversion of serotonin into bufotenin, a psychedelic drug that is similar to LSD and magic mushrooms. An autistic person has been tripping ever since the moment he/she was born.
Male have vaccine for HBV what we found in serum?
At this time, there is no HBV vaccine intended for males. The Gardisil vaccine, a 3 series vaccine, is intended for females between the ages of 12 and 18.
What is neutralizing antigen?
Its the antigen in a particular foreign body or pathogen that the body recognizes as "allo" or unfamiliar.. Maybe even harmful. So antibodies are produced against these antigens. And since they are 'neutralizing antibodies' it follows that the antigens they bind to are 'neutralizing antigens'
