Biology - Immunology - Basic - Vaccines and immunization - How Vaccines Work
5 steps. Step 1: 'CONCEPT - Vaccines expose the immune system to a HARMLESS form of a pathogen, training it to fight the REAL thing later. You gain immunity WITHOUT getting sick!' Step 2: 'TYPES - Live attenuated (weakened pathogen: MMR, BCG), Inactivated (killed pathogen: flu shot, polio), Subunit