User:Skakkle/types of vaccines


 * Inactivated vaccine
 * mRNA vaccine
 * DNA vaccine
 * Viral vector vaccine . . gets the body to produce antigens. see this explainer. "infection by the pathogen is impossible"
 * Attenuated vaccine . . (or a live attenuated vaccine, LAV) is a vaccine created by reducing the virulence of a pathogen, but still keeping it viable (or "live"). Attenuation takes an infectious agent and alters it so that it becomes harmless or less virulent.

Contrast with those produced by "killing" the virus:


 * Inactivated vaccine
 * Subunit vaccine