Rather than use a whole virus, some vaccines use only parts of the protein coat of the virus. why does this method work

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Giuseppedeponte · Answer 1 · 2016-05-04T06:56:42+0000

Because the immune cell in our immune system works by recognizing the antigen of the virus and the antigen is small usually is just a small peptide. So only part of the protein coat of the virus can evoke the immune response.

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