Answer the following questions.

A. Which vaccines are given to infants? Why?

B. How is a vaccine produced?

C. How do antibiotics cure disease?

D. Are the antibiotics given to humans and animals the same? Why?

E. Why is it necessary to safely store the pathogens of a disease against which vaccines are to be produced?

A. The following vaccines are given to infants which protects them the various diseases. Infant’s body is weak, it cannot protect itself from the attacks of harmful microorganisms. Hence, infants are given vaccines.

B. A vaccine is a biological preparation which protect against a particular disease. It is made out of half killed or weakened disease-causing microorganism. For example, polio vaccine is made from half killed or weekend polio virus. A particular vaccine is prepared to protect against for particular disease.

C. Antibiotics are used to control harmful bacteria. Antibiotics control bacteria either by killing them or by preventing them from growth.

D. Some antibiotics are only used by humans and some only used for animals. Whereas some antibiotics such as Amoxicillin can be used by human and animals both but in different doses. For example, Amoxicillin available in 250mg and 500mg for humans and 5-10mg for dogs and cats.

E. In vaccine, the pathogen are half killed or weakened disease causing microorganism Sometimes due to unsafe storage, it may get activated and may cause vaccine associated disease.