Differences between Lived Vaccine and Killed Vaccine

Differences between Lived Vaccine and Killed Vaccine

  Differences between Lived Vaccine and Killed Vaccine

Characteristics	Lived Vaccine	Killed Vaccine
1.       Manufacturing 2.     Safety 3.     Storage 4.     Pregnancy 5.     Virulence 6.     Immunity 7.     Need of booster doses 8.     Examples of vaccines	Easy to manufacture May be dangerous for applicator. Handling is critical (4 – 80C temp). Some should not be vaccinated during pregnancy. May be virulent and causes infections. Develops quickly and has a long duration. NO Smallpox vaccine	More complicated and expensive to manufacture. Safe Less critical Safe in pregnancy. Can’t return to virulence. Takes longer to be developed and has a short duration. YES Whooping cough vaccine

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"Differences between Differences between Lived Vaccine and Killed Vaccine"

Written By

Sadia Akhtar

Student of Department of Microbiology

Jagannath University.

Email- sadiabd810@yahoo.com