A biological
preparation which provides active acquired
immunity to a particular disease is called as vaccine.
Vaccines
made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins,
or one of its surface proteins and contains an agent that resembles a
disease-causing microorganism.
Live-attenuated, inactivated,
Subunit, recombinant, polysaccharide, conjugate and toxoid vaccines are
different types of vaccines.
Ø Live-attenuated
vaccines
are used to protect against yellow fever, chickenpox, smallpox, rotavirus,
measles, mumps and rubella.
Ø Inactivated
vaccines are used to protect against Hepatitis
A,
Flu (shot only), Polio (shot only), and Rabies.
Ø Subunit,
recombinant, polysaccharide,
and conjugate vaccines are used for Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b)
disease, Hepatitis B, HPV (Human papillomavirus), Whooping cough (part of the
DTaP combined vaccine), Pneumococcal disease, Meningococcal disease and
Shingles.
Ø Toxoid
vaccines are used to protect against Diphtheria and Tetanus.
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