An infectious disease researcher isolates the pathogen responsible for an emerging disease. The microbe is grown in the lab for many generations. A preparation of the laboratory-grown microbe is treated with ionizing radiation and then tested for its potential as a vaccine. What type of vaccine is this?
A) attenuated
B) inactivated whole
C) toxoid
D) combination
E) subunit

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The use of ionizing radiation suggests that the microbe is being killed or inactivated, which is characteristic of an inactivated whole vaccine.

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