Assume you are the procurement manager of the medical charity \"Doctors Without

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Assume you are the procurement manager of the medical charity "Doctors Without Borders" and there was an imminent infectious disease epidemic threat in a remote village in Africa. The epidemic can be prevented by vaccinating the population of interest. However, due to bad roads and lack of fast transportation services to reach the site of interest, which type of vaccine would you purchase for this job considering the length of time it would take to reach the affected site and why? A live attenuated virus or killed virus vaccines?

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My answer is a killed virus vaccine. Because,

Attenuated vaccine:attenuated viruses are difficult to select, standardize, and maintain and have alimited shelf life and require refrigeration, which may not be available due to the nature of thejob at hand.

killed vaccine: it would be more advisable to go for a killed virus vaccine, which is relatively easyto store and maintains its potency for long periods of time.

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