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Vaccine 2022
Vaccine 2022
• Dramatic reduction of
• Diptheria
• Measles
• Mumps
• Pertussis
• Polio
• Tetanus
Key Features of Adaptive Immunity in History
Antigens can be
Resistance to Chicken Cholera
separated from
after Surviving Exposure to Weakened Chicken
pathogenic features
Cholera Bacilli (Attenuated Vaccines)
Measles Vaccine (Introduced 1962)
Reappearance in 1980’s in
unvaccinated or singly
vaccinated young people
Passive Immunity & Short-term protection
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-00710-2_14
A. Whole organism vaccines
1. Attenuated viruses and bacteria (still can grow-non pathogenic)
Pros:
prolonged exposure to epitopes>immunogenicity> memory
Stimulates host cell-mediated response
Cons
Possibility of reversion to virulent form and side effects
Ex: Polio and Measles
3. Recombinant Vaccines
- gene encoding immunogenic protein is cloned and expressed in
bacterial, yeat or mammalian cells
- HepB surface Ag (HBsAg) – cloned in yeast
C. Recombinant Vector Vaccines