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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 ‘ts om te vis gern inn 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 27

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