what is toxoid vaccine?
please answer
Answers
Answered by
2
Explanation:
Toxoid vaccines Toxoid vaccineA vaccine made from a toxin (poison) that has been made harmless but that elicits an immune response against the toxin. are based on the toxin produced by certain bacteria (e.g. tetanus or diphtheria).
Answered by
1
Toxoid vaccine is defined as the vaccine which is used as the immune substance to restrict the activity of the toxin or pathogen by the toxic substance.
Explanation:
- The vaccine is the substance that is used to prevent the infection or to destroy the disease-causing pathogen in the individual.
- Toxoid vaccine makes the individual to resist the effects of the infection which contains a toxin(poison) synthesized by some kind of bacterias.
- The toxin invades the bloodstream and is largely responsible for the symptoms of the disease. The protein-based toxin is rendered harmless and used as the antigen in the vaccine to elicit immunity.
- Diphtheria and tetanus vaccines are some examples of toxoid vaccines.
Similar questions