
PISA TEST
Quiz by JOHANNES T. LATRAS
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The History of Vaccination
Mary Montagu was a beautiful woman. She survived an attack of smallpox in 1715, but she was left covered with scars. While living in Turkey in 1717, she observed a method called inoculation that was commonly used there. This treatment involved scratching a weak type of smallpox virus into the skin of healthy young people who then became sick, but in most cases only with a mild form of the disease. Mary Montagu was so convinced of the safety of these inoculations that she allowed her son and daughter to be inoculated. In 1796, Edward Jenner used inoculations of a related disease, cowpox, to produce antibodies against smallpox. Compared with the inoculation of smallpox, this treatment had less side effects and the treated person could not infect others. The treatment became known as vaccination.
What kinds of diseases can people be vaccinated against?
A. Inherited diseases like hemophilia.
B. Diseases that are caused by viruses, like polio.
C. Diseases from the malfunctioning of the body, like diabetes.
D. Any sort of disease that has no cure.
If animals or humans become sick with an infectious bacterial disease and then recover, the type of bacteria that caused the disease does not usually make them sick again. What is the reason for this?
A. The body has killed all bacteria that may cause the same kind of disease.
B. The body has made antibodies that kill this type of bacteria before they multiply.
C. The red blood cells kill all bacteria that may cause the same kind of disease.
D. The red blood cells capture and get rid of this type of bacteria from the body.