Attenuated Vaccines
An attenuated vaccine is one that has been weakened, so that it can’t make you sick, but will still trigger the creation of antibodies and an immune reaction.
An attenuated vaccine is one that has been weakened, so that it can’t make you sick, but will still trigger the creation of antibodies and an immune reaction.
VAPP or vaccine-associated paralytic polio are cases of polio that are actually caused by the oral polio vaccine.
The first polio vaccines were licensed in the 1950s and ’60s by Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin and have helped us get close to eradicating polio.
What are the risks and benefits of using live vaccines?