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Immunoprophylaxis refers to prophylactic immunization to prevent infectious diseases. There are two main types - active immunization through vaccination, and passive immunization through administration of pre-formed antibodies. Vaccines can be live attenuated, inactivated, subunit, conjugate, or combined. Live vaccines induce both antibody and cellular immunity but have safety issues, while inactivated and subunit vaccines are safer but less immunogenic. Conjugate vaccines help young children respond to pol

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Pranav Nakhate

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