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)