Which Vaccines Are Live Attenuated?

Alexander Ross
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The Live, Attenuated Viral Vaccines Currently Available and Routinely Recommended in the United States Are Mmr, Varicella, Rotavirus, and Influenza...

Which Vaccines Are Live Attenuated?

The live, attenuated viral vaccines currently available and routinely recommended in the United States are MMR, varicella, rotavirus, and influenza (intranasal). Other non-routinely recommended live vaccines include adenovirus vaccine (used by the military), typhoid vaccine

typhoid vaccine
There are two vaccines to prevent typhoid fever. One is an inactivated (killed) vaccine and the other is a live, attenuated (weakened) vaccine. Your health care provider can help you decide which type of typhoid vaccine is best for you. Inactivated typhoid vaccine is administered as an injection (shot).
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(Ty21a), and Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG).

What is an example of attenuated vaccine?

Examples of currently available live, attenuated vaccines against viral infections include measles, mumps, rubella (MMR), cowpox, yellow fever, influenza (FluMist®) intranasal vaccine), and oral polio vaccine. Live, attenuated bacterial vaccines include tuberculosis, BCG, and oral typhoid vaccine.

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What are the 3 Live vaccines?

Live vaccines are used to protect against: Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR combined vaccine) Rotavirus. Smallpox.

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