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A vaccine contains the pathogen ( a foreign body which causes diseases/illnesses) which the virus is designed to provide protection for ie: a flu vaccine will contain a flu virus, measles has the measles virus etc... - but they have been treated so they are in effect dead and so will cause no symptoms, your body can only recognise a pathogen, it does not know that it is dead and can not harm you,so your body produces antibodies ( cells that fight off and remove pathogens from the body) to fight this vaccine, the antibodies remain in the body forever (unless you have an autoimmune/immunodeficiency illness) so when you come into contact with say the flu your body already has the antibodies and you don't get sick because your body removes the pathogen before it gets chance to take hold.
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Where on the body is the DPT vaccine administered?
The DPT vaccine is injected into the muscle of body generally in arms.
Does any drug clash with typhoid vaccine?
You can not take the corticosteroids drugs with any vaccine. The effect of vaccine will be diminished or may be absent.
How vaccine is different from medicine?
Vaccine is a minidisease of which you want your body to be immune against. When you take the vaccine, your body destroys the virus and "remembers" it. You will then be able to get rid of the disease instantly.
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.
How does a vaccine work and what micro-organisms does it effect?
a vaccine is a form of weakened disease that will be injected into the body of a human so that the white blood cell system will be familiar with the weakened microorganism of the disease and will be ready to fight when the real disease infiltrate the body It theoretically will work against any microorganism.
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.
What does your body produce when you receive a vaccine?
Antibodies
How do immunization work to prevent infectious disease?
Vaccines are important tools that help prevent the spread of infectious diseases. A vaccine is a substance introduced into the body to stimulate the production of chemicals that destroy specific viruses or bacteria. A vaccine may be made from dead or altered viruses or bacteria. Because they are dead or altered, the viruses or bacteria in the vaccine do not cause disease. Instead, they activate the body's natural defenses. In effect, the vaccine puts the body "on alert." If that virus or bacterium ever invades the body, it is destroyed before it can cause disease. You may have been vaccinated against diseases such as polio, measles, tetanus, and chickenpox.
How does a vaccine prevent a viral disease when injected into the body?
the vaccine has a little bit of the disease in it so your body gets an atibody for the disease so when the disease trys to attack you body you have an immune system to it
How can a vaccine affect a viruses reproduction?
When you receive a vaccine, it puts a "dead" version of a virus into your body; it is one that cannot reproduce, but instead causes your body to produce anti-bodies that fight infection. When you come into contact with that virus, you already have anti-bodies to fight the virus in question. In the event that you ALREADY have the virus, do not receive the vaccine. It is not going to properly do its job. So, to give a more direct answer, it doesn't effect reproduction, it simply gives your body a warning that it might show up so that it is prepared.
How does a vaccine help fight viral infections?
When the vaccine gets to the body the it will block away the viral infection.
Do Tetanus vaccine contains killing tetanus organisms?
no.. when you get a vaccine it gives you a little bit of the bacteria from the disease so your body builds an immunity to it. So no, the tetanus vaccine DOES NOT kill tetanus organisms, but deposits tetanus into your body! sounds crazy right?
