Live vector vaccine
Encyclopedia
A live vector vaccine is a vaccine
that uses a chemically weakened virus
to transport pieces of the virus in order to stimulate an immune response.
Vaccine
A vaccine is a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism, and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe or its toxins...
that uses a chemically weakened virus
Virus
A virus is a small infectious agent that can replicate only inside the living cells of organisms. Viruses infect all types of organisms, from animals and plants to bacteria and archaea...
to transport pieces of the virus in order to stimulate an immune response.