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Vaccination

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  • Vaccination introduces a small amount of dead or inactive forms of a pathogen into the body:
    • This stimulates the production of antibodies.
    • If the pathogen enters the body again, memory lymphocytes will recognise the antigens of the pathogen and produce a larger number of specific antibodies faster.
    • The pathogen is destroyed before the person becomes ill.
  • Herd immunity is where the spread of pathogens can be reduced by immunising a large proportion of the population, meaning the disease is unlikely to spread.

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