Plague vaccine is a vaccine used against Yersinia pestis to prevent plague. Inactivated bacterial vaccines have been used since 1890, but they are less effective against the pneumonic form of the disease, so live attenuated vaccines and recombinant protein vaccines have since been developed in an effort to improve on that protection.
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Origin YearThe article dates the use of inactivated bacterial plague vaccines to 1890 and says live attenuated and recombinant vaccines were developed later. Connections
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Source Plague vaccine (Wikipedia)
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Plague vaccine is a vaccine used against Yersinia pestis to prevent the plague.
2. Plague vaccine (Wikipedia)
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Inactivated bacterial vaccines have been used since 1890 but are less effective against the pneumonic plague, so live, attenuated vaccines and recombinant protein vaccines have been developed to prevent the disease.
Treats: Plague, Lead: treats Plague
Plague vaccine is a vaccine used against Yersinia pestis to prevent the plague.
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