Understanding mRNA COVID-19 vaccines

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases.
• Description:
  Updated July 15, 2022
  
  What You Need to Know
  
  • Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines teach our cells how to make a protein that will trigger an immune response inside our bodies.
  
  • Researchers have been studying and working with mRNA vaccines for decades.
  
  • Like all vaccines, mRNA vaccines benefit people who get vaccinated by giving them protection against diseases like COVID-19 without risking the potentially serious consequences of getting sick.
  
  The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are messenger RNA vaccines, also called mRNA vaccines. Learn more about Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, including who can get them, doses, and ingredients.
  
  
• Subjects:
  2019-nCoV Vaccine MRNA-1273 BNT162 Vaccine Coronavirus Infections/prevention & Control COVID-19 Vaccines COVID-19/prevention & Control Immunogenicity, Vaccine RNA, Messenger RNA, Viral Vaccine Potency Vaccines, Synthetic Viral Vaccines

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• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Name as Subject:
  Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine ; Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4b2987f1526506f9a049de260ae5027b0ca346f8910a806381c57364e24c131f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/119428/cdc_119428_DS1.pdf
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