Vaccines rely on immune modulation or augmentation. Vaccination either excites or reinforces the immune competence of a host to ward off infection, leading to the activation of macrophages, the production of antibodies, inflammation, and other classic immune reactions. Antibacterial vaccines have been responsible for a drastic reduction in global bacterial diseases. Vaccines made from attenuated whole cells or lysates have been replaced largely by less reactogenic, cell-free vaccines consisting of purified components, including capsular polysaccharides and their conjugates, to protein carriers, as well as inactivated toxins (toxoids) and proteins.
What type of vaccines have saved millions of lives?
Antibacterial vaccines
Antibacterial vaccines have been responsible for a drastic reduction in global bacterial diseases.
Antibacterial vaccines have been responsible for a drastic reduction in global bacterial diseases.
What type of vaccines have saved millions of lives?