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Vaccination and Immunisation

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Vaccine is a preparation consisting of ________________ which help to build immunity in the body.

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Vaccine
A vaccine is a preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease.
It is a biologically prepared product that contains typical agents resembling a microorganism that cause diseases, made from weakened or dead forms of the microbes.
Vaccination is the injection of a dead or weakened organism that forms immunity against that organism in the body.
Final answer : Vaccine is a preparation consisting of weekend organisms which help to build immunity in the body.

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