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Microbiology

 

DUE November 5, 2007 AT CLASS TIME

 

Got to www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/vaccines_how_why.html

I want you to

READ THIS ARTICLE

 

1.         What were the three methods of “variolation”?

 

 

 

 

2.                  From whom did Jenner get the idea of cowpox inducing immunity to small pox?

 

 

3.                  Give me two examples of killed vaccines.

 

 

 

 

4.                  Give me an example of an acellular vaccine.

 

 

 

 

5.                  Which vaccine type produces the best host immunity?

 

 

 

6.                  Give me examples of attenuated vaccines.

 

 

 

7.                  Give me examples of toxoid vaccines.

 

 

 

a.       What often has to be added to toxoid vaccines to make them effective?

 

 

8.                  What is it called when immunity is community wide?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Go to health.nih.gov/  (not www)                        Browse the category “Immune System”

Go to “Immunization/Vaccination”

Go to “New Vaccines for Old and Emerging Diseases”

  1. What are five new approaches to immunization that are being worked on by scientists?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What plant is being used to administer the edible vaccine?

 

 

  1. What bacteria is the edible vaccine being used against?

 

 

  1. How do scientists ensure the nasal spray vaccine doesn’t cause disease in the lungs?

 

 

 

 

  1. What two pathogens are scientists trying to protect unborn babies from by immunizing the unborn by vaccinating the mother?

 

 

 

  1. What pathogen are scientists trying to battle by administering a DNA vaccine?

 

 

  1. What new approach are scientists using to stop malaria?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Go to www.llu.edu/llu/

Under “Schools/Programs” highlight “Schools”, select “Medicine”

On the left hand side select “Departments and Programs”

Select “Biochemistry”

On the left hand side select “Faculty”

Selecet William Langridge, PhD

  1. What new approach to vaccination is William Langridge using? (#4 in paragraph 2)