Which of the following statements regarding an inactivated vaccine is FALSE?

A. It can be produced with deactivated whole microorganisms.
B. It can be produced from antigenic fragments of a pathogen.
C. It is safer than an attenuated vaccine.
D. It is made from mutated forms of the pathogen.
E. It is made from pathogens that cannot replicate.


Answer: D

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