Purified Protein from Bordetella Pertussis is Used in A(n)

Question

Purified protein from Bordetella pertussis is used in a(n)
A)conjugated vaccine.
B)subunit vaccine.
C)nucleic acid vaccine.
D)attenuated whole-agent vaccine.
E)toxoid vaccine.

Accepted Answer

Purified protein from Bordetella pertussis is used in a subunit vaccine, where only the antigenic portion of the pathogen is used to elicit an immune response. Conjugated vaccines use a polysaccharide antigen conjugated to a carrier protein, nucleic acid vaccines use genetic material encoding the antigen, attenuated whole-agent vaccines use a weakened form of the pathogen, and toxoid vaccines use inactivated toxins.