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Hepatitis B vaccine is prduced from...

Hepatitis B vaccine is prduced from

A

inactivated viruses

B

yeast

C

Heaemophilus influenzae

D

Salmonella typhimurium.

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B
Heptatits B vaccine is produced from transgenic yeast by recombiant DNA technology. It is the first commercially available human vaccine that is produced by the genetic engineering technology.
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