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Public Health Training (Authorized Health Professionals)

These online Public Health Training modules are designed specifically to train healthcare workers employed across different organizations within MoHFW.

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi

Introduction to vaccines

Dr. Archana Singh

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About the Course

Protective immunity can be achieved by passive immunization, which is short term and active immunization which is long lasting. Vaccines brings about active immunization. Vaccines are attenuated/killed whole cell microorganisms or their subunits which trigger secondary immune response by virtue of generating memory T and B cells. There are several vaccine strategies with their advantages and limitations. Vaccines are classified into 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation based on use of whole organism, a purified macromolecules or use of genetic material.