Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
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ISBN: 9781259709999
Author: Denise G. Anderson Lecturer, Sarah Salm, Deborah Allen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Attenuated vaccines are the vaccines that are generated using live weakened pathogens that elicit an immune response in the recipient’s body. The attenuated pathogen causes a weak infection in the recipient’s body, which cannot be usually detected. It induces an immune response in the recipient’s body and imparts active immunity. Attenuated vaccines provide a long-term immunity. Attenuated microorganisms are generated by growing them under diverse conditions due to which mutations are accumulated, which make them less pathogenic.

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