Table 1.

Type of vaccines categorized by their composition and formulation

Type of vaccines	Example of pathogen
Live attenuated	Poliomavirus (oral polio vaccine)RotavirusMeasles morbillivirusMumps orthorubulavirusRubella virusVaricella-zoster virusTuberculosis (bacillus Calmette-Guerin)Yellow fever virus
Inactivated (killed pathogen)	Pertussis (whole-cell)Inactivated polio virusHepatitis A virus
Subunit	Pneumococcus (PCV-7, PCV-10, PCV-13)Pertussis (acellular pertussis)Haemophilus influenzae type b
Recombinant DNA	Hepatitis B virusMeningococcus BHuman Papilloma Virus (HPV)
Toxoid (inactivated toxins)	Tetanus toxoidDiphtheria toxoid
m RNA vaccines	SARS-CoV-2 (mRNA platform)
Virus vectored	SARS-Cov-2 (non.replicanting viral vector)Ebola