Edexcel GCSE Biology · 1BI0
Specification 5.14, 5.15B · Paper 1
Revise: ImmunisationImmunisation prepares the body before it meets an active, disease-causing form of the pathogen. In the form specified here, a vaccine contains a small amount of the inactive pathogen. It cannot cause the disease, but it still carries the antigens needed to stimulate a specific immune response.
- Revise: Benefits and Risks of Immunisation
The process of producing immunity or increased resistance to an infectious disease, commonly through vaccination.