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Presentation (17) - 2
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Passive immunity:
Short term-natural or artificial
Natural: mother to newborn-up to 6-12 months
Artificial: immunoglobulin infusion at time of acute
exposure (within hrs) to some diseases: hepatitis B
Types of immunity
Active immunity :
Is long-term and sometimes lifelong resistance that is
acquired either naturally or artificially. Naturally acquired
active immunity comes through host infection.
Artificially acquired active immunity is attained through
vaccine inoculation.
Types of immunity
Cross immunity:
Cross-immunity :refers to a situation in which a person’s
immunity to one agent provides immunity to a related
agent as well. E.g. BCG for tuberculosis found to be
effective against leprosy
Herd immunity
Herd immunity :
Describes the immunity level that is present in a
population group.
Level to achieve herd immunity depends on
infectiousness of agent
Either by natural due to infection or by vaccination or both
Herd immunity can be determined by the percentage of people who
are immune either naturally or artificially and each infectious disease
has immunity rate may range between 60-95%
Generally, populations with 80% or more immunity rate have a greater
overall protection because non immune persons are at less risk of
disease exposure.
Herd immunity concept is applied in aggregates like schools and
travel vaccination.
Herd immunity acquired by vaccination based on efficacy of the
vaccine and the vaccination rate – see next table
Stages of vaccine development:
Stages of vaccine development:
1. Explanatory phase (Research stage):
Aim :the scientists identify natural or synthetic antigen that may
help to treat disease.
2.Preclinical phase:
Aim: to determine the whether the candidate vaccine will produce
immunity.
Medical professionals use cell-culture or tissue culture systems
and animals testing.
Stages of vaccine development:
3.Clinical development:
(Clinical trial phase) Involve at least three trials phases of
human testing.
Three trials phases of human testing:
Three trials phases of human testing:
-Phase I: A small group of people is injected with this candidate
vaccine.
Aim: to determine how safe it is and to learn more about the responses
it provokes among test subjects.
-Phase ll: A group of more than hundreds of human test subjects are
injected.
Aim:to determine more information about immunogenicity, safety, dose
size, and immunization schedule.
Three trials phases of human testing:
Quality control:
Quality control to monitor the safety, per brmance, and
effective of an approved vaccine.
Types of Vaccine :
3-Vaccine administration:
Health care professionals should be knowledgeable about
appropriate techniques to prepare and care for patients
when administering vaccines.
Administration involves a series of actions:
A. Assessing patient vaccination status and determining needed
vaccines.
Using the patient’s immunization history. We can obtain it from
immunization Information systeris (IISs) which are confidential,
population-based, computerized databases that record all
immunization doses administered by participating providers to
persons residing within a given geopolitical area.
Health care providers should assess for all routinely recommended
vaccines as well as any vaccines that are indicated based on
existing medical condition(s), occupation, or other risk factors.
B. Screening for contraindications and precautions.
Before administering any vaccine, patients should be
screened for contraindications and precautions, even if the
patient has previously received that vaccine
To assess patients correctly and consistently, health care
providers should use a standardized, comprehensive
screening tool.
Educating
C. Educating:
Some patients and parents may have questions or concerns
about vaccination. This does not necessarily mean they
will not accept vaccines.
Duration of protection by vaccine
Duration of protection by vaccine:
No vaccine is 100% ef fective, a small percentage of
people are not protected after vaccination and for others
the protection may wane over time. Also, some people are
unable to be vaccinated due to certain conditions such as
immune suppression.
Maintaining immunity in those around these people
protects them from disease.
Anti-vaccine movement
The anti-vaccination movement is a group of people who
oppose vaccinations and believe they are harmful or
unnecessary. Members of this movement rely on
misinformation or misleading information to support their
viewpoints. Some people in this group may believe that
vaccines cause serious side effects or are part of a wide-
scale conspiracy
Anti-vaccine movement
Researchers now link falling immunization rates to recent
resurgences of vaccine-preventable diseases. In 2010,
California saw 9,120 cases of whooping cough, more than
any year since the whooping cough vaccine was
introduced in the 1940s. Ten infants too young to be
vaccinated died of whooping cough during the outbreak.
Te CDC warns that events like these will become more
frequent and harder to control if vaccination rates continue
to fall.
Anti-vaccine movement
Fears over the safety of vaccines are understandable. Te
CDC vaccination schedule calls for children to receive up
to 14 inoculations by the age of six many of them vaccines
developed within the last twenty years. Many parents
distrust these vaccines; worried about the potential for
risks and long-term side ef écts. Research, however, shows
that most of our biggest fears about vaccinations are
unfounded. T lase eight major vaccine myths that research
has shown to be baseless:
Myths
1. Vaccines cause autism.
2. Infant immune systems can’t handle so many vaccines.
3. Natural immunity is better than vaccine-acquired immunity.
4. Vaccines contain unsafe toxins.
5. Better hygiene and sanitation are actually responsible for decreased
infections, not vaccines.
6. Vaccines aren’t worth the risk.
7. Vaccines can infect my child with the disease it’s trying to prevent.
8. We don’t need to vaccinate because infection rates are already so low
in the United States
COVID – 19 pandemic activism
During the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-vaccine activists
undertook various efforts to hinder people who wanted to
receive the vaccines, with such activities occurring in
countries including including Australia, the United
Kingdom, and the United States. These included attempts
to physically blockade vaccination sites, and making false
reservations for vaccination appointments to clog up
vaccination booking systems. Protests were also organized
by the activists to raise awareness for their cause.
COVID – 19 pandemic activism
In some instances, anti-vaccine rhetoric has been traced to
state sponsored internet troll activities designed to create
social dissension. Worldwide, foreign disinformation
campaigns have been associated with declining
vaccination rates in target countries.Anti- vaccine activism
online both before and during the pandemic has been
linked to extreme levels of falsehoods, rumours, hoaxes,
and conspiracy theories.
MR Vaccine
The measles-rubella (MR) vaccine, provided for targeted
children in Jordan, is safe and effective at protecting
children from deadly disease and outbreaks, said the World
Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations
Children’s Fund (UNICEF ), which support the Ministry
of Health’s national immunization campaign.
MR Vaccine