Vaccination and immunity
What Vaccination and immunity means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
Most young children are vaccinated against measles because it is a serious illness that can be fatal if complications arise.
Making hosts resistant so the pathogen cannot multiply and pass on, reducing spread to new hosts.
Topics that use Vaccination and immunity
- Communicable (infectious) diseases (AQA GCSE)
- Viral diseases (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- AIDS
- Antibiotics
- Breaking the chain of infection
- Hygiene and sanitation
- Obligate parasites
- Pathogen groups and disease
- Transmission routes
- Transmission routes in animals
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