WHAT IS THE BODY'S
| RESPONSE TO PATHOGENIC
INVADERS?
‘ou may at this point, be wondering about vaccinations
What ae they and haw do they work Te understand how
actnes wor, we have to understand your bod’ natal
responce to pathogenicimader
As we leat before, yout body’ immune stom proses
nts inorder opotet you rom pathogens afte they
hve entered your body. We Rave so let that some of
those anodes —the memory cls sta in your body in
‘oder ight of utr pathogericmvades and prevent
the disease fo developing, This roe of ting
of acento primary infection we estbising
fa potecton mechan fom future, or secondary
infections is a power one Te human bd, eed
ne adaped and wel quod to protec sal fom many
arr thes,
However, you have probably herd onthe news oF
sage even experienced psonaly, thre ae many
formmon diseases, such a eos, heats and some
types off, awa as some types of are but serous
dese uch a bol, that are caused by pathogens that
tae abet eprodce for be copied 50 quce in your
body and ave sch serous symp, tat your bodys
inmune sytem ad anodes have very ite chance of
protecting you To ake matters mare complicated, ome
Of hese pathogen ether donot respond to testments
‘uch a antbitis,o respond very sown these ase,
the pathogens can be 2 destioctvet or body cal tat
they cause eng damage tbody rps, ever. the
"yma ae seer enough, death
5 what a fearon sli
Vaccines
\Vacsnes, therefore, have ben developed and re used
to prevent esa ty acing a2 "gg for you bodys
production of antibodies and memory als without being
exposed oo fact the kg pathogen. This
‘because vaccines conan dead or fragments of valor
tacteral pathogens these dead or fragment of pathogens
are enough io simulate your mare syste no producing
the antibodies and enor cal, That way, st ein the
raturlimmune esors, the memory al wl be waiting
inyour ody eady to eet you from the mading
pathogens soul you be exposed tothe. and shoul they
ty tote your Boo
Vaccines ave proven ob effete in preveing
Invitro geting s wel sin reducing or
Completely eliminating the presence of a dsesein certain
‘ea or populations for example, the polo dsease, caused
Dy polones, was once a widespread and mach eared
_Ssese because cases paras and desth in chen
fal, Honeve, a of 2015, thas bean erased,
or eiinated fom, al bt te counties inthe word
‘This ner complete easton fet ge scale and
woe effets to vacate or ‘ewmarize cen and
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a Figure 5.23 Vacchaton (immunization) sera
ACTIVITY: Controlling the
spread of disease
ook t Figue 523. What do you note abou the
spread ofthe dese each scenario? Jot down some
Now complete thi sentence a deta, bulleted ist,
"fromthe informatonin this diagram. | understand
‘hatin order to sidan uncontlable spread of 3
Compare your ‘undersanding with those of your
partner How do they compare? a what ways are
{your kes sna nwt ways ae they diferent?
In what ways do you cryour partner understand the
information nthe gun aiferent way after
securing?
‘You may be wondering tis necessary for 100% of a
population o get vaccinated in ode to prevent avs fom
Spread to large prion ofthe populate, in what
known aan ‘epider Let's tate a look a Fg 5 23 0
answer that question.
Fre 5.23 istrates the pence of herd munity
According ths pip, 5 not necessary or 100% ot
{population tbe vacated howe, he moi ofthe
option must be vaccrated ny det 1 beable to conta
dnd prevent an wnconoled spread ofthe disease
THINK-PAIR-SHARE
‘Toke a moment to pause ad consider the Statement
of ingucy for hs chapter that has been guiding the
learning trough this top. From what you have est
so far, what aspects of human health an you ent as
‘coming rom the internal environment 3s oppored othe
You dep fer
What fairs fet human heath?
The wat fr dking cones tm a ate hol where os
we Seousies
Copy the tbl below an write your ideas init. Discuss
your ideas with a partne: An example hs een done
foryou
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