A person is given an attenuated antigen as a vaccine.When the person asks what was given in the vaccine,how should the nurse respond? The antigen is:
A) Alive, but less infectious
B) Mutated, but highly infectious
C) Normal, but not infectious
D) Inactive, but infectious

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Attenuated vaccines are alive,but less infectious.
Attenuated vaccines are alive,not mutated or highly infectious.
Attenuated vaccines are normal,but mutated doesn't relate to the answer.
Attenuated vaccines are alive,but less infectious; they are not inactive.

A Person Is Given an Attenuated Antigen as a Vaccine