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The vaccine triple antigen is given to children to protect them against diphtheria

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  1. Polio and Tetanus

  2. Whooping cough and Tetanus

  3. Whooping cough and Tuberculosis

  4. Polio and Tuberculosis

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
DTP is a triple antigen vaccine is meant to protect against 3 diseases – diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (or whooping cough). The DTPa (DPaT) is given as part of the childhood vaccination schedule at 2, 4 and 6 months of age, then again at 4 years of age.

DTP vaccine is given to protect the diseases like

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  1. Diphtheria, polio and tuberculosis

  2. Diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus

  3. Diarrhoea, polio, tetanus

  4. Diarrhoea, pertussis, tuberculosis

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
DPT (also DTP and DTwP) refers to a class of combination vaccines against three infectious diseases in humans: diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus. The vaccine components include diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and killed whole cells of the organism that causes pertussis (wP).
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

In vaccination

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  1. Globular proteins with live disease causing germ is injected

  2. A weakened or dead disease causing germ is administered in small doses

  3. General and local anaesthetics are applied to the patient

  4. Affected part of the human body is amputed

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Vaccines cause the body to build immunity against infectious diseases without causing the actual disease. Vaccines can be made by weakened or dead disease causing microorganisms like bacteria or virus. The administration of small dose of vaccine causes the formation antibodies which provides immunity. 
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

The vaccines contains:


a) Derivatives of microbes
b) Dead or weakened microbes
c) Products of microbes

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  1. a, b

  2. b, c

  3. c, d

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Vaccines are suspensions of killed or weakened microbes or products or derivatives of micro organisms. A vaccine produces immunity to a disease by stimulating the production of antibodies.

First triple antigen vaccination is given to the child after............ of birth

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  1. One Week

  2. Two months

  3. Four months

  4. One year

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The triple antigen vaccine is a combination of Diphtheria, Tentanus and Pertussis (DTP). This vaccine is given at the age of two months and is repeated at the age of 4 months and 6 months.
Thus, the correct answer is option B.

DPT gives protection against 

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  1. Diphtheria, Polio and Tuberculosis

  2. Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus

  3. Diarrhoeal diseases, Pertussis and Tetanus

  4. Diphtheria, Poliomyelitis and Tetanus

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

DPT is a class of combination vaccines which provides protection against three infectious diseases in humans i.e., diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus. The components of the vaccine include diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and kill whole cells of the bacterium that causes pertussis. The usual course of childhood immunization in the USA is five doses between 2 months and 15 years. 

So, the correct answer is 'Diptheria, Pertussis and Tetanus'.

DPT-Hib (DTP-Hib) vaccination is agent

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  1. Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis and Hepatitis-B

  2. Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis and Hepatitis-A

  3. Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis and Haemophilus influenzae-B

  4. Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis and Haemophilus influenzae-A

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

DPT-Hib vaccine is a combination vaccine which includes diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and whole-cell pertussis vaccine adsorbed with Hib (Haemophilus influenza - B) conjugate vaccine. It protects against the infectious diseases diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and Haemophilus influenza type B.

So, the correct answer is 'Diptheria, Tetanus, Pertussis and Haemophilus influenza-B'.

Which of the following diseases is not treated by inactivated 'Whole Agent Vaccine'?

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  1. Hepatitis-A

  2. Bubonic plague

  3. Cholera

  4. Typhoid

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • In 1896, heat-killed phenol preserved and acetone killed lyophilized injectable whole cell S. Typhi vaccine was generated. 
  • This inactivated whole-cell vaccine causes local inflammation, pain, systemic fever, malaise and disease-like symptoms.  
  • Thus, the whole cell inactivated vaccine was not considered suitable for public use and in spite of being licensed it is no longer available in the market. 
  • Most commonly used antibiotics for the treatment of typhoid fever are fluoroquinolones such as ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin and pefloxacin and third-generation cephalosporins such as ceftriaxone or cefotaxime. 
  • Hence, Typhoid is not treated by inactivated Whole Agent Vaccine.
  •  So, the correct answer is 'Typhoid'.

Match the type of antigen given in Column I with the example given in Column II of vaccine.

Column I Column II
a. Live attenuated (i) Salk polio vaccine
b. Killed microbes (ii) Tetanus vaccine
c. Toxoid (iii) Hepatitis 'B' vaccine
d. Antigen polypeptides synthesised by genetic engineering (iv) MMR vaccine
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  1. a(ii), b(iii), c(i), d(iv)

  2. a(ii), b(i), c(iii), d(iv)

  3. a(iv), b(i), c(ii), d(iii)

  4. a(iv), b(ii), c(i), d(iii)

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Correct Option: A

Antivenom injection contains preformed antibodies while polio drops that are administered into the body contain

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  1. Attenuated pathogens

  2. Activated pathogens

  3. Harvested antibodies

  4. Gamma globulin

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

  • Antivenom injection is an antiserum (preformed antibodies) which is obtained from the snake poison and it is transferred to the person with a snake bite. It is used to provide immediate immunity in case of emergency.
  • Polio vaccines are vaccines used to prevent poliomyelitis (polio). Two types are used - an inactivated poliovirus (antigen) given by injection and an attenuated poliovirus (antigen) given by mouth. The inactivated polio vaccines are very safe. Mild redness or pain may occur at the site of injection. Oral polio vaccines cause vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis.
So, the correct answer is 'Attenuated pathogens'.