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How do you create a “killed vaccine”?

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An inactivated/killed vaccine is a vaccine consisting of either whole viruses or bacteria, or fractions of either, that have been grown in culture and then killed using physical (heat, or radiation) and chemical methods (usually formalin).

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Virus: Measles vaccine, mumps vaccine, rubella ...

Bacteria: BCG vaccine, typhoid vaccine

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