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Yes, the kind given by injection are considered "dead", because they are in an inactive state, they don't make you sick. Other vaccines can be made with live "attenuated" viruses, meaning they are active but only partially, since they have been treated to be too weak to cause disease in people who have otherwise healthy immune systems.
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∙ 14y agoYes, some vaccines have "live" viruses in them, but they have been weakened to the point that they can not make you sick; but still can trigger your immune system to provide immunity to the full strength bug if you encounter it in the wild. These vaccines are called attenuated, which means weakened.
Other vaccines are made from viruses that have been destroyed ("Killed" viruses are not technically a "living" thing). They may use them whole or only pieces of them in the vaccine.
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∙ 10y agoVaccines contain the organisms that cause the disease. The organisms in the vaccine may be dead/inactive, may be only incomplete parts of, or may be alive/active but severely weakened to make them unable to cause an infection. They can not cause the disease, but do make your immune system believe they can to trick your body into making antibodies to disable the organism now and store the antibodies, or pattern for the antibodies, to be used if you are exposed in the future to the "real thing". See the related questions for more information about vaccines and how they work.
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∙ 10y agoA virus is nonliving. It is no more living than a virus that infects your computer.
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∙ 10y agono a vaccine can only prevent you from getting a virus if you already have it a vaccine will NOT help
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Can dead pathogens in a vaccine still cause an immune reaction?
Yes! Vaccines for diseases such as flu, cholera, bubonic plague and hepatitis A contain dead microorganisms. They are killed by heat or chemical treatment. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine
Can you vaccinate live and dead vaccine for different diseases at the same time?
Yes, you can get live and dead vaccines at the same time. The only limitation is getting dead vaccines within a short period of time after the day you got live vaccine.
Can diseases be prevented by a vaccine?
Yes
What is the differences between vaccine and injections?
Injections are given for treatment while vaccines are given to produce antbodies to protect the recipients from specific diseases
Why vaccine is not effective against protozoal diseases?
vaccine is not effective against protozoal diseases because of complex lifecycle of protozoa and multiple strains.
What does a vaccine contain that allows the body to do this?
The theory behind the vaccine is that it is made up of weakened viruses but that form antibodies, which in turn build up the immune system that will fight the introduction of any pathogen the vaccine is intended to prevent.
Does the vaccine for mumps contain antibiotics?
no
Is azithromycin a live or dead vaccine?
Azithromycin is not a vaccine; it's an antibiotic.
What is the Tri vaccine giving to new child?
The vaccine sometimes called the tri vaccine is the DTaP vaccine. This vaccine protects children against diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis, diseases which can be deadly to young children.
What are the economic costs of vaccine preventable diseases?
5 bucks.
What does a vaccine contain?
treated
Why doesn't the measles vaccine protect you from all the diseases that are like it?
Why doesn't measle vaccination protect you from diseases
