Live attenuated vaccines Flashcards

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Q

Live attenuated

vaccines

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Induce humoral and cell-mediated immunity but have reverted to virulence on rare
occasions.

No booster needed

smallpox
yellow fever
rotavirus
chickenpox (VZV)
Sabin polio virus
MMR
Influenza (intranasal)

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