Vaccine Types: Attenuated Vaccines
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What is the main characteristic of an attenuated vaccine?

  • It is a killed pathogen
  • It is a weakened but still viable pathogen (correct)
  • It is a synthetic pathogen
  • It is a naturally occurring pathogen

    • What is the purpose of reducing the virulence of a pathogen in an attenuated vaccine?

  • To make it more transmissible
  • To make it less harmful (correct)
  • To make it more contagious
  • To make it more deadly

    • What is the state of the pathogen in an attenuated vaccine?

  • Mutated
  • Weakened but still viable (correct)
  • Killed
  • Genetically modified

    • Why is an attenuated vaccine still considered 'live'?

    <p>Because it contains a weakened but still viable pathogen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the advantage of using an attenuated vaccine?

    <p>It stimulates a strong immune response</p> Signup and view all the answers

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