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Antivenom vaccines" is a technically inaccurate term, as antivenoms and vaccines work on entirely opposite immunological principles. While the general public or local news sometimes uses the phrase "antivenom vaccine," a medical antivenom provides rapid, passive immunity to treat a toxic bite, whereas a traditional vaccine trains the body to build its own active immunity against a pathogen before exposure
Antivenom vaccines" is a technically inaccurate term, as antivenoms and vaccines work on entirely opposite immunological principles. While the general public or local news sometimes uses the phrase "antivenom vaccine," a medical antivenom provides rapid, passive immunity to treat a toxic bite, whereas a traditional vaccine trains the body to build its own active immunity against a pathogen before exposure