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June 1, 2015 / Last updated : April 20, 2019 TheVaccineMom Vaccine Immunology

Viral Vaccine Immunology

What happens after you are injected with a viral vaccine? And which viral vaccine type is best? (Note that I’m going to be talking about viral vaccines ONLY.) First of all, there two basic types of viral vaccines: live attenuated vaccines (LAV) and inactivated (killed) vaccines. LAV contain a vaccine virus that is a weakened version of the natural disease-causing virus. Inactivated vaccines use a […]

May 17, 2014 / Last updated : April 20, 2019 TheVaccineMom Beautiful Immune System

The Beautiful Immune System Lesson 4: Humoral and Cell-Mediated Immunity

If you haven’t been following my “beautiful immune system” lessons, I highly suggest you go back and read the first three lessons to catch up. These are short and simple lessons leading you through what will eventually be a great understanding of how the immune system works. I hope you enjoy! To the Beautiful Immune […]

February 23, 2014 / Last updated : April 20, 2019 TheVaccineMom Beautiful Immune System

The Beautiful Immune System Lesson 1: The Two Types of Immunity: Innate and Adaptive

We classify all of the body’s immune reactions into two types of immunity: innate and adaptive. Under each category are many players and thousands of complex systems. Right now, I just want to focus on these two categories. Our body’s first line of response to an attack comes from the innate immune system (sometimes called […]