Q. Study the table below and then answer the questions that follow. Name of disease Causative agent
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Q. Study the table below and then answer the questions that follow.
Name of disease | Causative agent | Age when the vaccine is administered | Method of vaccination |
Tuberculosis | Bacterium | At birth | Injection |
Poliomyelitis | Virus | At birth, after 6 weeks, after 10 weeks, after 14 weeks | Oral inoculation |
Whooping cough | Bacterium | 6th and 14th week | Injection |
measles | Virus | 9th month | Injection |
(a)What part of the human body is affected by the virus that causes poliomyelitis? 1mk
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(b)Give a reason why some doses of vaccine are given more than once. 1mk
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(c) Suggest a reason for the delay in vaccinating against measles until the 9th month(1 mark)
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(d) Describe the immune response. (2 marks)
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(e) What is a vaccine? (1 mark)
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(f) What is the role of vaccination in providing immunity? (1 mark)
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(g) What triggers an allergic reaction? (1 mark)
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