Sunday, December 30, 2018

Types of vaccine

Types of vaccine

There are specially 5 types of vaccine

Live attenueted: Weakened form of live microbes

Example: MMR combined vaccine, Influenza vaccine, Verricella vaccine


Conjugated: Vaccine is formed by separating of any body parts of microbes.

Example: Hepatitis B, Hib (Haemophilus Influnzae type B), HPV, Pneumococcal, Meningococcal, Influenza Injection, 


Inactivated: Killed form of virus.

Example: Polio, Rabies virus, Hepatitis A

Toxoid Vaccine: Vaccine of inactivating the toxic part of Virus

Example: Diptheria, Tetanus which is a part of DTap combined immunization.