Lesson 2 Types of vaccines
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Type of vaccine
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Description |
Some examples
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Inactivated vaccines
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Contain the killed version of the agent causes the illness
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Hepatitis A, Flu, Polio, Rabies
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Live attenuated vaccines
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Contain a weaker version of the agent that causes the illness
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Measles, mumps, chickenpox, smallpox
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mRNA vaccines
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Contains proteins aiming to trigger an immune response
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COVID-19
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Subunit, recombinant, polysaccharide and conjugate vaccines
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Contains only certain pieces of the virus such as proteins, sugars, etc.
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Hepatitis B, HPV, whooping cough, pneumococcal disease
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Toxoid vaccines
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Contains toxins (harmful elements) produced by the agent that causes the illness
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Diphtheria, tetanus
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Viral vector vaccines
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Altered version of a different virus as a messenger to create protection
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COVID-19
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Source:The different types of COVID-19 vaccines. Who.int. (2021). Retrieved 6 December 2021, from https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/the-race-for-a-covid-19-vaccine-explained.
