Multiple choice

Triple vaccine DPT provides immunity from the bacterial diseases diphtheria, tetanus, and ________________.

  1. pneumonia

  2. whooping cough

  3. typhoid fever

  4. amoebiasis

  5. polio
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Explanation

Whooping cough (pertussis) is an infection of the respiratory system caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. DPT refers to a class of combination vaccines against three infectious diseases in human; diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus. The vaccine components include diphtheria and tetanus toxoids, and killed whole cells of the organism that causes pertussis.

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