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a 2nd year medical student must be immunized before beginning to see patients at the Veteran administration medical center. which of the following would me the most appropriate treatmnt?
A) injection of purified capsular carbohydrate vaccine
B) injection of killed virus vaccine and specific immune globulin
C) injection of viral subunit vaccine prepared by recombinant DNA technology
D) injection of live virus vaccine
E) injection of specific immune globulin (Horse)

  #2

C ?

  #3

I would say B, bc you need to use WHOLE micro-organisms in order to activate macrophages.


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  #4

well I guess B fits good for the second half of the qn and C fits for the first half of the qn. grin

  #5

C) injection of viral subunit vaccine prepared by recombinant DNA technology


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  #6

C-hep B

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  #7

the right answer is C

  #8

Oic you incooporate the virus in a bacteria. But why is B the wrong answer?

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