BSC 444 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Cell-Mediated Immunity, Hepatitis A Vaccine, Zoster Vaccine

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Background: vaccination, or immunization, is the act of artificially inducing immunity to disease. Active immunization: passive immunization consists of providing temporary protection from disease though the administration of exogenously produced antibody. Infants are passively immunized by their mothers through transplacental transfer of maternal antibodies. These antibodies protect the infant for 3-6 months after birth and allow the infant"s own immune system time to develop: pooled human igg, known as immunoglobulin, is used for passive immunization against hepatitis a and measles. Passive immunization against these diseases is used after a non- immune person has been exposed to the infection but before they develop the disease in an attempt to avoid serious illness. After the intial immune response is induced by the vaccine, activated b cells become resting memory cells ready to respond rapidly when the antigen is encountered again. Health organization"s effort to eradicate polio from the world: varicella zoster vaccine, approved in 1995 for use in the united states.

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