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Back in 1998 I got a Typhoid vaccination because I was going to Indian for a month. I got them as pills. I'm confused though. I thought Typhoid was viral, but
by djsumdog 9y ago
Back in 1998 I got a Typhoid vaccination because I was going to Indian for a month. I got them as pills.
I'm confused though. I thought Typhoid was viral, but it looks like it's bacterial. How do bacterial vaccines work? The wikipedia page for it is pretty sparse.
- maxerickson 9y agoThey work like viral vaccines, by exposing the immune system to the pathogen (or something similar enough to activate it against the pathogen). The oral vaccine is live typhus that has been manipulated to not be harmful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty21a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty21a
- open-source-ux 9y agoThere is some information on typhoid vaccination on this page from the NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/typhoid-fever/vaccination/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/typhoid-fever/vaccination/