Vaccine types (live attenuated, inactivated, subunit, mRNA) and key vaccine-preventable disease facts tested on USMLE Step 1.
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35 basic cards for USMLE Step 1 Microbiology. Set 10 of 12 in USMLE Microbiology. It opens with "What type of vaccine contains a weakened form of a pathogen that can still" and "What type of vaccine contains a killed, non-replicating pathogen?". Study it alongside the other USMLE Step 1 sets below.
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- What type of vaccine contains a weakened form of a pathogen that can still replicate?
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Live attenuated vaccine- What type of vaccine contains a killed, non-replicating pathogen?
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Inactivated (killed) vaccine- What type of vaccine uses purified pieces of a pathogen, such as a protein or polysaccharide, instead of the whole organism?
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Subunit vaccine- What type of vaccine uses a chemically inactivated bacterial exotoxin?
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Toxoid vaccine- What type of vaccine chemically links a weakly immunogenic polysaccharide to a carrier protein?
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Conjugate vaccine- What genetic material do mRNA vaccines deliver to host cells to produce a viral antigen?
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Messenger RNA (mRNA) encoding the antigen- What type of vaccine uses a harmless virus engineered to carry genetic material for a target antigen?
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Viral vector vaccine- Is the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine live attenuated or inactivated?
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Live attenuated- Is the varicella (chickenpox) vaccine live attenuated or inactivated?
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Live attenuated- Is the rotavirus vaccine live attenuated or inactivated?
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Live attenuated- Is the yellow fever vaccine live attenuated or inactivated?
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Live attenuated- Is the intranasal influenza vaccine (LAIV) live attenuated or inactivated?
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Live attenuated- Is the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis live attenuated or inactivated?
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Live attenuated- Is the oral polio vaccine (Sabin) live attenuated or inactivated?
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Live attenuated- Is the injectable polio vaccine (Salk) live attenuated or inactivated?
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Inactivated
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