Poliomyelitis is an ancient disease that has resulted in significant morbidity and mortality worldwide for centuries. Its ...

This virus was named Influenza B and the inactivated influenza vaccine had ... The first influenza vaccine was a monovalent live-attenuated vaccine, which was used in Russia until recently.

There are several ways to inactivate a virus or bacteria for use in a vaccine. One way is to expose the pathogen to heat. This is how the bacteria in the typhoid vaccine is inactivated.

Live attenuated vaccines are made of weakened ... How do scientists make these vaccines? Inactivated vaccines are made of virus particles that have been destroyed (Figure 1C), and subunit vaccines ...

Inactivated and live-attenuated influenza vaccines are available ... Varicella–zoster virus, measles & yellow fever vaccine Only live-attenuated vaccines are available against varicella ...

Researchers are making substantial progress in developing safe and effective vaccines against the dengue virus. Currently, a large number of dengue vaccine candidates are being tested in ...

The measles virus was inactivated by treatment at 37°C ... A boy 3 years and 9 months of age was inoculated with attenuated measles-virus vaccine with human immune globulin at 1 p.m. on January ...

This flu vaccine is notable for using attenuated influenza virus, rather than the inactivated virus of IM flu vaccines, and provides efficacy comparable to IM flu vaccines. Its main attractiveness ...

The attenuated virus replicates in the intestines ... IPV, on the other hand, is a less potent vaccine, but contains inactivated virus particles and hence has no risk of causing vaccine-associated ...

The first test of a live-attenuated polio vaccine on humans was conducted in 1950 by Hilary Koprowski on 20 disabled children ...