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How are some disease microorganisms made inactive to use as vaccines?
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because some of them may be harmful to the body
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What are vaccines made for?
Vaccines are made using the disease-causing virus or bacteria.
What are substances made from dead viruses?
Vaccines for the prevention of the specific viral infection can be made with inactive "dead" viruses. They are also made with live, but attenuated (weakened), viruses. See more below about vaccines.
What is a killed virus vaccines?
Cholera Vaccine. Flu vaccines formulated for injection use inert/inactive virus particles ("dead"), while flu vaccines for nasal mist are made as a LAIV (live attenuated influenza vaccine), which means they are "alive" but weakened chemically to prevent them from being able to cause illness.
Why do you need vaccines?
We need vaccines to protect us from infectious diseases and to trigger the immune system to respond with production of antibodies made for that specific pathogen. See the related questions for more details of how this works.
Harmful or disease-causing microorganisms from which nonspecific defenses protect the body are called?
The immune system is the body's defense system against harmful of disease causing microorganisms. The immune system is made up of the lymphatic system, and white blood cells.
Is the burger made of microorganisms?
No. An uncooked or undercooked burger contains microorganisms, but the burger itself is made from cattle, which are definitely not microorganisms.
What is attenuated flu vaccine?
Attenuated simply means "weakened". An attenuated flu vaccine refers to vaccines made with live viruses (so you get a good immune response), but they have been weakened chemically so that they are unable to give you the flu. There are two types of flu vaccines available in the US. What is called inactivated, inactive or "dead" vaccine and what is called "live", weakened/attenuated vaccine. The injectable vaccines (intradermal and intramuscular) are made with "dead" viruses and the nasal spray is made with "live" attenuated viruses.
Does a vaccine contain dead diseases?
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.
Can you get vaccines that don't use aborted fetuses in manufacturing?
No vaccines are made this way. None.
What are some benefits of using vaccines made through genetic engineering to prevent disease?
Being more carefully designed makes less mess-ups possible
How did edward Jenner help prevent diseases made by microorganisms?
He had help from the disease cowpox and he tested it on someone called James Phipps callum c-o
What type of influenza vaccine should a pregnant woman receive?
Only those that are made from inactive "dead" virus particles and not the LAIV Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccines. That means that you should get injected vaccines for the flu instead of the nasal mists that contain "live" but weakened viruses. See the related question below for the recommendations from gynecologists and obstetricians for flu vaccinations in pregnancy.
