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Rather than use a whole virus, some vaccines use only parts of the protein coat of the virus. why does this method work


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Because the immune cell in our immune system works by recognizing the antigen of the virus and the antigen is small usually is just a small peptide. So only part of the protein coat of the virus can evoke the immune response.