IZULAT Info : Vaccine Components

 

Disease is typical in our population as well as deaths cause by it but cure or medicine is not actually instant when a disease strike and attack especially if the disease is new or novel among health experts. That is the case of COVID-19 disease because it is new. Health experts find it hard to develop a cure or a medicine for it and as well a vaccine. But recently, COVID-19 vaccines were developed and made from different vaccine developers and manufacturers like AstraZeneca, Sinovac, Pfizer but the vaccines effectiveness is not 100 % and have some reported side effects.

 

Vaccine is a something that is develop to make the body have immunity to a particular infectious disease. According to some information, it teaches and or help the body fight pathogenic organism like virus and bacteria which is the main purpose of it. But how vaccine is develop and made and what is its components?

 

According to World Health Organization or WHO, vaccine is compose of an antigen, adjuvant, diluent, preservatives, residuals, stabilizers, and surfactants.

 

Antigen

 

This vaccine component, according to WHO is the key ingredient. Antigen is either a tiny part of a pathogenic thing like virus or bacteria or a whole of the pathogen but only inactive, weakened or non-dangerous version. This component triggers an immune response.

 

Adjuvant

 

This vaccine component is a substance that improve or enhance the response of immune system to help fight an invading pathogen. An example of adjuvant is aluminium.

 

Diluent

 

This vaccine component is a substance or liquid that is added to dilute the concentration of the vaccine. Example of diluent is sterile water.

 

Preservatives

 

This vaccine component is a substance or something added to vaccine to prevent from contamination and from being spoiled or decompose. However, not all vaccines have preservatives.

 

Residuals

 

This vaccine component are substances like antibiotics, egg proteins and yeast that are use in manifesting a vaccine but not active part of a complete vaccines they are in a tiny residual in the vaccine.

 

Stabilizers

 

This vaccine component makes the vaccine stable and prevent the vaccine content from unwanted changing of state or condition. Examples of stabilizers are gelatin, sugar, sorbitol, and glycerol.

 

Surfactants

 

This vaccine components hold and blend together all the vaccine ingredients and prevent settling and clumping.

 

image from WHO website