Assessment 2

Question 1

Complete each statement by choosing the correct option from the drop-down list.

1.  Live attenuated , contains living organisms that have been weakened under laboratory conditions. It stimulates an immune response almost as strong as an infection with .
2. Killed antigen vaccines, such as , are considered to be very safe and stable and have no risk of .
3. Conjugated vaccines such as , and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines can provide protection from in infants.
4. Recombinant technology is used to produce protein-based subunit vaccines such as , by using other organisms (e.g. yeast cells) to express the desired .

Answer

Correct answers:

  1. Live attenuated measles vaccine, contains living organisms that have been weakened under laboratory conditions. It stimulates an immune response almost as strong as an infection with wild-type viruses.
  2. Killed antigen vaccines, such as inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), are considered to be very safe and stable and have no risk of inducing the disease.
  3. Conjugated vaccines such as Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine (Hib) and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines can provide protection from common bacterial infections in infants.
  4. Recombinant technology is used to produce protein-based subunit vaccines such as acellular pertussis (aP) vaccine, by using other organisms (e.g. yeast cells) to express the desired vaccine antigens.