The Most Common Method of Attenuating a Microbe for Use

question 45

Multiple Choice

The most common method of attenuating a microbe for use in a vaccine is

• A) culturing under unusual circumstances.
• B) addition of adjuvants.
• C) genetic manipulation.
• D) replication for many generations.
• E) treatment with formaldehyde.

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Definitions:

Slippery Slope Fallacy

A logical fallacy suggesting that one small step will inevitably lead to a chain of related negative events.

Slippery Slope Fallacy

A logical fallacy that occurs when an argument falsely assumes that one action will lead to a series of other actions resulting in a negative outcome, without providing evidence for such a causal chain.

Fallacy Of Composition

The erroneous reasoning that what is true of the parts must also be true of the whole.

Fallacy Of Division

A logical fallacy that occurs when one assumes that something true of a whole must also be true of its parts.