Resource – CDC vaccine primer
Understanding how vaccines work
Center for Disease Control
Difficulty: 4/10
Read time: 10 minutes
PDF can be downloaded here
Description:
This is a brief primer provided by the CDC explaining the details of how vaccines protect the body from subsequent infection. It outlines general concepts including
- How vaccines work
- Different types of vaccines
- Why some vaccines require multiple doses
Recommendation:
Recommended as a short overview of how vaccines work, and why they are important.