Types of Vaccines

DID YOU KNOW that there are several different types of vaccines. Each type is designed to teach your immune system how to fight off certain kinds of germs — and the serious diseases they cause. There are 4 main types of vaccines : *Live-attenuated vaccines (Ex. Chicken Pox) *Inactivated vaccines (Ex. Hepatitis A) *Subunit, recombinant, polysaccharide, and conjugate vaccines (Ex. Pneumococcal) *Toxoid vaccines (Ex. Diptheria)