An Infectious Disease Researcher Isolates the Pathogen Responsible for an Emerging

question 50

Multiple Choice

An infectious disease researcher isolates the pathogen responsible for an emerging disease. The microbe is grown in the lab. A preparation of the laboratory-grown microbe is treated with a lethal dose of ionizing radiation and then tested for its potential as a vaccine. What type of vaccine is this?

• A) attenuated
• B) subunit
• C) combination
• D) toxoid
• E) inactivated whole

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Existing in a material or physical form; not abstract.

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Abstractness

The quality of being abstract; not related to concrete objects but expressing ideas and concepts at a higher level.

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