Hosa Biomedical Debate Exam Questions (30 Terms) With Verified Definitions Updated 2024

inactivated vaccines {Ans: use the killed version of the germ that causes a disease.}serious reactions {Ans: results in death, life-threatening, results in persistent or significant disability, requires inpatient hospitalization}anaphylaxis {Ans: rare allergic reaction (one in a million vaccinees), unexpected, and can be fatal if not dealt with adequately.}progress on measles {Ans: 95% reduction in measles from 1963}what diseases do toxoid vaccines protect against {Ans: diphtheria, tetanus}Immunocompromised patients {Ans: do not have the normal ability to fight off disease}herd immunity {Ans: when # of immunized people in population reaches threshold}toxoid vaccines {Ans: use a toxin made by the germ that causes a disease.}vaccination rate {Ans: 85%}intradermal injection {Ans: administers the vaccine in the topmost layer of the skin.}Diseases that have been eradicated {Ans: rinderpest, smallpox}What diseases do live vaccines protect against? {Ans: measles, mumps, rubella, rotavirus, smallpox,chickenpox, yellow fever,}Herd immunity threshold {Ans: % of population that needs to have immunity to prevent spread of a disease}Live attenuated vaccines {Ans: use a weakened (or attenuated) form of the germ that causes a disease.}what do Subunit, recombinant, polysaccharide, and conjugate vaccines protect against? {Ans: Hib, hepatitis b, HPV,