Vaccines

Special proteins produced by the body to attack foreign invaders.

• antibodies
• antigen

Substances that cause the body to produce antibodies.

• antibodies
• antigens

More people in a particular population get a disease than typically expected.

• epidemic
• pandemic

The process by which the body becomes immune to a disease.

• immunization
• vaccination

A disease outbreak is global or over large areas of the world.

• epidemic
• pandemic

A pathogen is a disease-causing agent.

• true
• false

Introduction into the body of a weakened, killed or piece of a disease-causing agent to prevent disease.

• vaccination
• immunization
• -

Small, infectious agent that only can replicate inside the cells of a living organism.

• virus
• bacteria

Affects the spinal cord leaving many infected individuals paralyzed, infection rate dropped by 99% when vaccine was introduced in 1955.

• polio
• measles
• pertussis
• tetanus

Approximately what % of parents choose to vaccinate their children.

• 60%
• 70%
• 80%
• 90%