What Is an Inactivated Vaccine?
What Is an Inactivated Vaccine?Answer: An inactivated vaccine is one that uses a dead or killed virus or bacteria to help your body develop an immune response. An inactivated vaccine cannot cause the particular disease (e.g. flu and others below) that it is intended to prevent — one of the common flu myths that sometimes prevents people from getting a flu vaccine. Some inactivated vaccines (e.g. polio and pertussis) require multiple doses and periodic boosters for protection to continue. Common Inactivated Vaccines Examples of inactivated vaccines include: • Influenza vaccine • Pertussis Vaccine • Polio Vaccine Sources: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Accessed Septembe
