SAAT Biology Section Disease Vocabulary (Human Biology) - تحصيلي

Example of diseases that affect the immune system’s effectiveness

AIDS and HIV

Aquired immunodefiiency syndrome (AIDS) results from

An infection by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

HIV

Is an RNA virus that infects helper T cells

DPT

Immunization for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough)

Contents of DPT

D : Inactivated toxin, T : inactivated toxin, P : inactivated bacteria

Inactivated polio

Immunization for poliomyelitis

Contents of inactivated polio

Inactivated virus

MMR

Immunization for measles, mumps, rubella

Contents of MMR

All three are inactivated viruses

Varicella

Immunization for chicken pox

Conents of Varicella

Also an inactivated virus

HIB

Immunization for haemophilus influenza (flu) type b

Contents of HIB

Portions of bacteria cell wall covering

HBV

Immunization for hepatitis B

Content of HBV

Subunit of a virus