Recombinant vector vaccines

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What do recombinant vector vaccines use to deliver pathogenic antigens?

Harmless bacteria or attenuated viruses.

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How is the pathogenic antigen gene prepared for a recombinant vector vaccine?

It is isolated and placed into a plasmid or a harmless/attenuated virus.

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What happens when the vector is introduced to the host?

The gene is expressed, triggering an adaptive immune response to the pathogenic antigen.

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