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attenuated virus consist of same virus but its capacity to cause disease has deleted by the process of attenuation.
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What type of vaccine is live measles virus?
Attenuated whole-agent vaccine
How is the vaccine is given in pulse polio programme?
The vaccine is given through mouth because it is a live attenuated virus vaccine.
What 2 scientist developed a vaccine that brought polio under control?
Salk & SabinThe Salk vaccine was the first and is a traditional killed virus vaccine administered by injection.The Sabin vaccine is an attenuated live virus vaccine usually administered as a drop of liquid placed on a sugar cube and taken by mouth.
How many different virus strains does the 2013-2014 seasonal live attenuated influenza vaccine have?
Typically the flu vaccine is trivalent, with three strains.
Who invented oral polio vaccine?
Albert Sabin invented the oral live attenuated virus vaccine.
Why was the polio vaccine given by mouth?
The Sabin vaccine was given by mouth because it was a live attenuated virus vaccine. Such vaccines have to actually infect you and grow for a short period of time, it could do this by mouth.
How the pulse polio vaccine is given?
It can be given orally or as an injection.
What is used to make the measles vaccine-?
The active ingredient is the live, attenuated (weakened) measles virus.
The best example for attenuated-living vaccine is?
B.C.G Vaccine
Which vaccine contains weakened?
They are called attenuated vaccines. Attenuated means weakened, they do this usually with chemicals and then the attenuated viruses are not able to make you sick, but they are strong enough to trigger the immune response to provide immunity.An attenuated virus. Attenuated simply means weakened. For example, you will see references to this in regard to the flu vaccines. This is also abbreviated when talking about the flu vaccines as LAIV, Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine.That is a good description of what a vaccine is, although some other substances also could be described similarly. The weakened or killed virus in a vaccine is non-threatening to most people. It can be a problem for infants under six months old, some children and adults with under-developed immune systems or who have immune system disorders.
What was Albert Sabin best known for?
Albert Sabin is best known for his development of a polio vaccine that used live, attenuated polio virus and was therefore more effective than the Salk vaccine.
What is la iv vaccines?
Live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) is a type of influenza vaccine in the form of a nasal spray that used to be recommended to prevent influenza.
