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What is one way a child could develop an immunity to a certain disease without being vaccinated?
By catching the disease and recovering.
What is herd vaccination?
Herd vaccination refers to when the majority of a population or commumity are vaccinated that it creates immunity against a specific disease that they were vaccinated for. It creates some safety for the nonvaccinated individuals since the majority of the group have developed immunity and are protected from contracting and spreading the disease to others.
How does an animal acquire an active immunity to disease?
Active immunity to a disease is acquired either through getting the disease or being vaccinated for it.
What is placed in the body during vaccinations?
A weakened or dead extract of the disease you are being vaccinated against. This causes the body to build an immunity to that disease. So simple, it's brilliant.
Is there a vaccine or immunity against Lyme disease?
Lyme disease vaccine has not been produces since 2003, but once a person is infected with a particular strain of the disease, they can develop an immunity that can last up to nine years.
What is the process of giving by mouth or injection a weakened virus that allows one to develop immunity against a disease?
Vaccination
What is the acts 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 called a vaccination. This is used to build immunity to specific diseases that could be detrimental to society and to the person who is not vaccinated.
How did people develop immunity to a disease before the development of vaccines?
They acquired it by becoming infected but surviving the infection.
How does a person become immune?
A person can become immune by being vaccinatedwhich helps the body to develop long-term immunity against a disease.
Why it is for most of the population to be vaccine?
If most of the population is vaccinated for a disease and some are not, there is a good chance that those not vaccinated will not come across a person with the disease. This is called "herd" immunity.
What is a general term for protection against a disease?
Immunity
What is one disease most children vaccinated against?
Smallpox and polio. There are several other diseases that are vaccinated against - whooping cough to name just one.
