Live vaccines use a weakened (or attenuated) form of the germ that causes a disease. (examples: Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Rotavirus, Smallpox, Yellow Fever)
Number of Inactivated viral vaccines
3
Inactivated vaccines use the killed version of the germ that causes a disease (examples: Hepatits A, influenza, Polio, Rabies)
Subunit, recombinant, polysaccharide, and conjugate vaccines
7
Subunit, recombinant, polysaccharide, and conjugate vaccines use specific pieces of the germ — like its protein, sugar, or capsid (a casing around the germ) (examples Hepatitis B, HPV, HiB, Pneumococcal, Meningoccal)
Number of Toxoid (inactivated toxin) vaccines
4
A toxin (harmful product) made by the germ that causes a disease (example, Diphtheria, Tetanus)
