Cards (3)

  • involve injecting small amounts of dead or weakened pathogens so your body can produce antobodies to attack them so when live pathogens appear lymphocytes can rapidly produce antibodies
  • Pro
    help control lots of communicable dieases
    epidemics can be prevented if large percentage of people are vaccinated
  • cons
    doesnt always work
    sometimes have a bad reaction to the vaccine (e.g swelling or seizures)