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.
D
Bloom's Taxonomy: Application
Section: Immunization
Learning Outcome: 17.2
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