How vaccination works

Summary

Almost all vaccination programs (particularly those using killed vaccines) require two doses for vaccination to be effective. It is, however, still common practice for producers to vaccinate only once or whenever they perceive the risk of disease may be high rather than adopting a set program.

This Agnote explains how vaccines work to help producers accept the need for a booster vaccination.




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Agnote DAI/190

Published: Jun 2000