Vaccination

Question 1

List 4 criteria a good vaccine should ideally meet

Answer 1

• Protection from the infection
• Single dose
• No adverse reactions
• Easy storage

Question 2

What are the 5 main types of vaccine?

Answer 2

Live attenuated
Inactivated
Recombinant proteins
Subunit
Conjugate

Question 3

When should live attenuated vaccines NOT be given?

Answer 3

In pregnancy

Question 4

Give 3 examples of live attenuated vaccines

Answer 4

MMR
VZV
Yellow fever

Question 5

Give 2 examples of inactivated vaccines

Answer 5

Rabies

HAV

Question 6

Give 2 examples of subunit vaccines

Answer 6

Influenza

Typhoid

Question 7

Give an example of a recombinant protein vaccine

Answer 7

HBV

Question 8

Give an example of a conjugate vaccine

Answer 8

Meningitis C