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Vaccines

Vaccines are medicines based on immune recognition of antigens and mechanisms of specific response. Viral, bacterial and combination preparations differ in components and technologies. Live attenuated, inactivated, subunit, toxoid and conjugate antigen describe distinct concepts. This category explains those principles, valencies and pharmaceutical forms without confusing vaccination, anti-infective treatment and administration of antibodies. It also avoids attributing uniform characteristics to every vaccine product, since target, antigen nature, formulation and complete presentation together establish the particular pharmaceutical identity of a preparation.

Viral vaccines

Viral vaccines concern antigens associated with viruses and use different technologies and compositions. Live attenuated, inactivated and subunit vaccines do not describe one uniform product. Selected vaccines also use genetic information to produce an antigen. This category explains those principles and distinctions in valencies, formulations and routes without equating a vaccine with an antiviral or assuming that every product directed towards one virus has the same characteristics. Target organism and pharmaceutical technology provide different information about a preparation and its documented identity.

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Bacterial vaccines

Bacterial vaccines use antigens associated with bacteria or selected bacterial products and have very different compositions. Attenuated bacteria, selected components, toxoids and polysaccharide antigens do not describe one technology. Conjugation to a protein is another important distinction. This category explains those terms, serotypes, valencies and pharmaceutical presentations without equating a bacterial vaccine with an antibiotic or turning antigen count into a general comparison scale. Target organism, antigen type and formulation together give a more precise description than the broad word bacterial alone.

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Combination vaccines

Combination vaccines bring several vaccine components together in one preparation. They differ from co-administration, which involves separate vaccines used during the same session. Combinations can concern different viral or bacterial agents according to the product. Understanding complete composition and each valency supports precise identification. Component count alone does not establish equivalence between two combinations or define their indications, presentations or place in an immunisation schedule. Antigen identity and the complete documented preparation provide more information than an acronym or a number in a product description.

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