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*A vaccine can be created to provide the specific immunity best suited for fighting the associated infection
 
*A vaccine can be created to provide the specific immunity best suited for fighting the associated infection
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===Immunity to Virus Infection===
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===Immunity to Viral Infection===
 
[[Image:Virus Life Cycle.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Virus Life Cycle - Copyright Dr Brian Catchpole BVetMed PhD MRCVS]]
 
[[Image:Virus Life Cycle.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Virus Life Cycle - Copyright Dr Brian Catchpole BVetMed PhD MRCVS]]
*The virus life cycle consists of an extracellular phase, a replicative intracellular phase and another extracellular phase spreading viral particles to other cells to begin the life cycle again
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The virus life cycle consists of an extracellular phase, a replicative intracellular phase and another extracellular phase spreading viral particles to other cells to begin the life cycle again
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*Immunity for the extracellular phase requires neutralising [[Immunoglobulins|'''antibody''']]
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Immunity for the extracellular phase requires neutralising [[Immunoglobulins|'''antibody''']]:
**[[Lymphocytes#B Cells|B cells]] needed
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*[[Lymphocytes#B Cells|B cells]] needed
**[[T cell differentiation#TH2 Cells|T helper type II cells]] needed (for the [[Major Histocompatability Complexes#MHC II|MHC class II pathway]])
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*[[T cell differentiation#TH2 Cells|T helper type II cells]] needed (for the [[Major Histocompatability Complexes#MHC II|MHC class II pathway]])
**Live vaccine can be used
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*Live, killed and subunit vaccines can be used
**Killed vaccine can be used
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**Subunit vaccine can be used
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*Immunity for the intracellular phase requires [[Lymphocytes#Cytotoxic CD8+|'''CD8+ cytotoxic T cells''']]
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Immunity for the intracellular phase requires [[Lymphocytes#Cytotoxic CD8+|'''CD8+ cytotoxic T cells''']] and uses the [[Major Histocompatability Complexes#MHC I|MHC class I pathway]].
**[[Major Histocompatability Complexes#MHC I|MHC class I pathway]]
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*Only live vaccine can be used to get into cells (entering via the endogenous pathway)
**Only live vaccine can be used to get into cells (entering via the endogenous pathway)
      
===Immunity to Bacterial Infection===
 
===Immunity to Bacterial Infection===
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