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Total cards: 4•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026
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#1
Front (Question)
what is a vaccine? how does it work?
Back (Answer)
Injections of antigens into the body - Antigen is dead of attenuated (allows the body to create an immune response so that memory cells are made) Sometimes a booster shot is required to create more memory cells
#2
Front (Question)
4 types of vaccines
Back (Answer)
• Live attenuated micro-organisms • Dead micro-organisms • Toxoid • Sub-unit
#3
Front (Question)
the hygiene hypothesis
Back (Answer)
A lack of early childhood exposure to pathogens increases vulnerability to allergic diseases by suppressing the natural development of immune system
#4
Front (Question)
herd immunity
Back (Answer)
If majority of population is immune to a disease, the spread of the disease will be slowed or stopped as it is unable to be transmitted