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. 2012 Mar 21:121–128. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-07447-6.00013-2

Table 13-2.

Virus Vaccines

Vaccine Class Virus Comments
Live virus vaccines Adenovirus
Chickenpox
Measles
Mumps
Poliovirus (Sabin vaccine)
Rotavirus
Rubella
Smallpox (variola)
Yellow fever
Active immunization using avirulent attenuated strains
Effective at inducing antibodies and cytotoxic lymphocyte responses
Killed virus vaccines Hepatitis A
Influenza
Poliovirus (Salk vaccine)
Rabies
Active immunization using heat or chemically inactive virus particles
Vaccination may be combined with other viruses (polyvalent)
Virus-like particles Human papillomavirus Immunization using particles assembled from recombinant coat proteins
Subunit vaccines Adenovirus Active immunization using purified proteins
Polypeptide vaccines Hepatitis B Active immunization using synthesized polypeptide protein sequences
DNA vaccines (evaluation only) HIV
Influenza
Experimental
Useful for induction of cytotoxic T-lymphocyte response
Passive antibodies Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Measles
Mumps
Rabies
Respiratory syncytial virus
Rubella
Varicella-zoster
Injected purified antibodies obtained from another source
Short-lived function with little value when given after disease onset

HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.