EBK MICROBIOLOGY FUNDAMENTALS: A CLINIC
EBK MICROBIOLOGY FUNDAMENTALS: A CLINIC
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ISBN: 9781259293856
Author: Cowan
Publisher: MCGRAW HILL BOOK COMPANY
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Chapter 19, Problem 5CT
Summary Introduction

To determine:

The reason behind the advice to get a flu vaccine every year.

Introduction:

The vaccine is prepared from a killed and weakened form of the pathogen that is similar to the disease-causing agent. This vaccine is injected into an individual in order to induce the immune system against the microbes.

Bird flu, swine flu, Ebola, and avian flu, are the infectious and dangerous forms of exotic flues. Exotic flu infects millions of newborns, children, and adults every year. Flu viruses mutate themselves rapidly, as their antigens are the same, but they differ from previous forms. However, in some years, antigens of the flu virus may differ, due to the mutation of flu viruses.

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The reason that flu vaccine does not confer long term immunity to the flu as compared to the other vaccines

Introduction:

Vaccine is prepared from the killed and weakened form of pathogen that is similar to the disease causing agent. This vaccine is injected into an individual in order to induce the immune system against the microbes. Influenza, commonly known as flu, is a respiratory illness caused by a virus.

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