Viruses

What are vaccines made of?

• genetic material of dead viruses that do not have their protein shells

• dead viruses’ receptor proteins

• cells with viruses’ receptor proteins

• dead, weakened, or components of the virus

How do vaccines work?

• they help the body recognize harmful pathogens before they cause disease

• they increase the efficiency of T cells

• they make more B and T cells

• they make pathogens unable to infect the body’s cells

A disease that can be dormant and then reappear is ____________.

• concealed

• chronic

• acute

• latent

What are pathogens?

• viruses

• bacteria

• microorganisms that do not cause disease

• microorganisms that are capable of causing disease

What immediately follows acquiring an infection?

• convalescence

• prodromal stage

• malaise

• decline

What is the last stage of a disease?

• convalescence

• malaise

• prodromal stage

• exposure

What is poliomyelitis?

• A form of the polio virus.

• The name for the oral polio vaccine.

• Paralysis that is a rare adverse reaction that can occur following vaccination with the live oral polio vaccine.

• Paralysis that is a rare adverse reaction that can occur following vaccination with the dead polio vaccine.

Paralysis that is a rare adverse reaction that can occur following vaccination with the dead polio vaccine.

• Humans

• Animals

• Insects

• All of the above

Which of the following is a form or smallpox?

• Variola major

• Paraneoplastic pemphigus

• Von Hippel-Lindau

• Kuru

From which virus is the smallpox vaccine derived?

• Vaccinia

• Adenoviradae

• Iridoviridae

• Guttaviridae