Pathology EMQ template.

Name: Zoe Young      

Theme: Bacterial and Viral Vaccines

 

OPTION LIST

 

A	Cholera	I	Pertussis
B	Diphtheria	J	Plague
C	Hepatitis A	K	Polio
D	Hepatitis B	L	Rabies
E	Japanese Encephalitis	M	Rubella
F	Measles	N	Tuberculosis
G	Meningitis	O	Typhoid
H	Mumps	P	Yellow Fever

 

 

For each scenario below, choose the most appropriate answer from the list above. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

 

1. The vaccine for which of the above diseases is administered intradermally rather than sub cut or IM?

 

2. Vaccination against this disease can result in the ‘spread’ of protection to other non immunised people in the community via the faeco –oral route – particularly in areas of the world with poor sanitation.

 

3. The vaccine for this disease is made from an inactivated toxic compound rather than a micro organism – it is a toxoid vaccine.

 

4. Some encapsulated bacteria have low antigenicity due to their polysaccharide coat. Conjugate vaccines which use the polysaccharide antigen combined with a carrier protein can be more immunogeneic. The vaccine for which of the above diseases is a conjugate vaccine?

 

5. Which vaccine should not be given to someone infected with HIV even if they are travelling to an endemic region and the vaccine is required by the immigration authorities?

 

ANSWERS

1. N

2. K

3. B

4. G

5. P