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Which of the following vaccines contain a version of the living microbe that has been weekend in the lab?
a) live, attenuated vaccines             
b) inactivated vaccines
c) Toxoid vaccines             
d) subunit vaccines

a

Which of the following vaccines elicit strong cellular and antibody responses and often confer lifelong immunity with only one or two doses?
a) live, attenuated vaccines             
b) inactivated vaccines
c) Toxoid vaccines             
d) subunit vaccines

a

Live attenuated vaccines are used against
a) yellow fever and measles (viral) 
b) mumps (viral)
c) typhoid (bacterial)
d) all of these

d

Scientists produce inactivated vaccines by killing the disease-causing microbe with……….
a) chemicals                        
b) heat
c) radiation                          
d) all of these

d

Explanation: such vaccines are more stable and safer than live vaccines


Which of the following are the examples of inactivated dead vaccines?
a) influenza and cholera vaccines  
b) bubonic plague and polio vaccines
c) hepatitis A and rabies vaccines   
d) all of these

d

Which of the following vaccines use the epitopes-the very specific parts of the antigen?
a) live, attenuated vaccines              
b) inactivated vaccines
c) Toxoid vaccines             
d) subunit vaccines

d

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