What is the difference between a toxoid and a vaccine?

Vaccine vs Toxoid In our modern world, we tend to be assailed by too many terms than we can care to count. Oftentimes, we hear people use a certain term and sometimes associate it with another and we assume that they are the same. Two of these terms that we tend to use equally are vaccine and toxoid. read more

The most common toxoid that is probably being administered is the diphtheria, botulism, and tetanus. Toxoids are used as vaccines because they help the individual in stimulating an immune response to the toxin. Another reason for using toxoid as vaccine is to increase the antigen in one’s body. read more

Toxoid:Chemically modified toxin from a pathogenic organism,which is no longer toxic but it is still antigenic and can be used as vaccine to stimulate the formation of antitoxin.Vaccine:an antigenic substance prepared from the causative agent of a disease or a synthetic substitute, used to provide immunity against one or several diseases. read more