Answer the following questions true (T) or false (F)

1. The risk of a vaccine for an immunocompromised individual is higher for inactivated vaccines than for live attenuated vaccines.

2. Immunological diagnostic tests are based on the fact that a given antibody will bind only with a specific antigen.

3. A plaque reduction neutralization assay is performed with a patient serum. The presence of abundant plaques on the plate indicates that the patient is currently infected with the virus in question.


1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE

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