Vaccines Explained

What’s inside

• What is the primary purpose of vaccination?
• Which immune component is mainly responsible for the long-term protection created after many vaccines?
• Why can a vaccine contain an adjuvant?
• Which statement best explains herd immunity?
• A vaccine that uses a harmless version of a pathogen capable of limited replication is called a [____] vaccine.
• The substance from a pathogen that triggers a specific immune response is called an [____].
• The process by which the immune system becomes prepared to respond faster after vaccination is known as immune [____].
• For many vaccines, receiving additional doses over time is called a [____] dose.