Vaccines
Description
An active vaccination is an injection of an antigen (a weakened disease-causing substance) to trigger the body's long-term defense mechanism against the disease without developing it. B cells form antibodies against a specific disease to fight the disease when it enters the body.
Runtime
2 min
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Date of Publication
[2013], c2010
Database
Films on Demand
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