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Vaccines produced from antigenic part of the disease-causing organism is known as

A
Cellular vaccines
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Acellular vaccines
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Killed vaccines
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Attenuated vaccines
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Solution

The correct option is B Acellular vaccines
There are different type of vaccines, live, killed and attenuated forms. The acellular forms of vaccines include the vaccines which contain certain parts of the organisms. There are antigenic parts in the organism like the flagellar antigen, cell wall antigen, etc. These are the antigenic components which are responsible for interacting with the immune cells and stimulating the immune system to produce antibodies.
Thus, the correct answer is option B.

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