No, in the US the injection forms of the vaccines are made from inactivated "dead" virus. The nasal spray vaccine contains weakened virus that can not make you get the flu but is called a Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (LAIV). There is a new form of injected vaccine for the flu in the 2011-2012 flu season in the US that is intradermal instead of the intramuscular route, it also contains inactivated virus particles. See the related question below.
Live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) is a type of influenza vaccine in the form of a nasal spray that used to be recommended to prevent influenza.
It is inactivated toxin vaccine (Diptheria, Tetnus) and killed bacteria (Pertrussi)
They changed to inactivated to lower the risk of shedding polio virus after the live vaccine.
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difference between killed and inactivated vaccine
Inactivated polio vaccine is given to children as part of their routine infant vaccinations during their first 18 months or so.
killed.(inactivated.)
Cholera Vaccine. Flu vaccines formulated for injection use inert/inactive virus particles ("dead"), while flu vaccines for nasal mist are made as a LAIV (live attenuated influenza vaccine), which means they are "alive" but weakened chemically to prevent them from being able to cause illness.
A vaccine contain an inactivated virus ( a frequently situation), a preservative and an excipient.
killed virus
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