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Treating, curing and preventing disease - AQAVaccinations

Some diseases can be treated with antibiotics. Vaccinations allow protection against specific diseases, but the level of protection depends on the amount of people vaccinated.

Part of Biology (Single Science)Infection and response

Vaccinations

are microbes that cause . allow a dead or altered form of the disease causing pathogen to be introduced into the body, which contain a specific . This causes the immune system, specifically the , to produce complementary , which target and attach to the antigen. When a white blood cell engulfs and digests a pathogen it is called phagocytosis.

Pathogens are microbes that cause diseases Vaccines allow a dead or altered form of the disease causing pathogen to be introduced into the body, which contain a specific antigen.
During primary response, there is an antibody concentration rise over 7 days, dropping to just above zero by 20 days. During secondary phase a sharp rise levels off at a peak after 30 days.

During the the antibodies slowly increase, peak at around ten days and then gradually decrease. A second exposure to the same pathogen causes the white blood cells to respond quickly in order to produce lots of the relevant antibodies, which prevents infection.