- Vaccination is artificially introducing germs or its substances in the body in order to develop resistance to a particular disease.
- This practice is scientifically referred to as prophylaxis and the material being introduced into the body is called the vaccine.
- The vaccine or germ substance is introduced into the body usually by injection or orally sometimes.
- Inside the body, the vaccine stimulates lymphocytes to produce antibodies against the germs for that particular disease.
- Antibodies are an integral part of our immunity. Their function is to destroy the unwanted particles which enter the body.
- Vaccines give our immunity a signal to synthesize particular antibodies therefore the principal of vaccination is to provide immunity against a disease.