A conjugate vaccine is created by covalently attaching a poor antigen to a carrier protein, thereby conferring the immunological attributes of the carrier on the attached antigen. This technique for the creation of an effective immunogen is most often applied to bacterial polysaccharides for the prevention of invasive bacterial disease.
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a polysaccharide antigen (from, for example, tetanus or diphtheria) chemically joined with a recombinant protein for increased vaccine immunogenicity; conjugate vaccines in the childhood immunization program are Hib and MenC.
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