Live attenuated: Living organisms injected into person, Virulence is reduced so person does not get sick, Measles/mumps/rubella (MMR), Polio, Inactivated: Dead micro-organisms injected into person, Killed prior to injection (e.g. heat, chemicals) so person does not get sick, Cholera, Whooping cough, Sub-unit: Only part of an organism (e.g. protein) injected into person, Immune response still occurs but person does not get sick from only one component, Human papilloma virus, Hepatitis B, Toxoid: Harmful poisons produced by bacteria (toxins), Inactivated (toxoids) before injection into person, Tetanus, Diphtheria,

Year 12 Human Biology - Vaccine Types

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