Jenner's Successful Use of Cowpox Virus as a Vaccine Against

question 21

Multiple Choice

Jenner's successful use of cowpox virus as a vaccine against the smallpox virus was due to the fact that ________.

• A) the immune system responds nonspecifically to antigens
• B) the cowpox virus made antibodies in response to the presence of smallpox
• C) there are some epitopes (antigenic determinants) common to both pox viruses
• D) cowpox and smallpox are caused by the same virus

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