Question

Which of the following vaccines below come under the category of Sub unit vaccines:
1. Toxoid Vaccine
2. Polysaccharide Vaccine
3. Recombinant Vector Vaccine
4. Recombinant Protein Vaccine

• A. 1 and 4
• B. 1 and 3
• C. 2, 3 and 4
• D. 1, 2 and 4

Answer 1

The correct option is D 1, 2 and 4

A subunit vaccine is one that only uses very specific parts (the subunits) of a virus or bacterium that the immune system needs to recognize. It doesn't contain the whole microbe or use a safe virus as a vector.