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Vaccine Technology Newer Technology for Dosing:
Vaccine Technology New Target Groups:
>100 million eggs used for influenza in the USA every year Vaccine Technology • Old Technology: • Grow in animals (vaccinia in calves for smallpox; rabbit brains for rabies) • Simple bacterial culture (Cholera vibrio) then inactivation • Grow in eggs (influenza, vaccinia) then inactivate
Vaccine Technology • Newer Technology: • Mammalian cell culture: live and killed vaccines • Subunit vaccines: • From serum (HBV) or virus / bacterial disruption • Made via recombinant DNA technology • Recombinant vaccine vectors • DNA vaccines