Multiple choice

Triple vaccine is administered to a new born child to immunise it against

  1. whooping cough, tetanus and measles

  2. whooping cough, tetanus and diphtheria

  3. tetanus, diphtheria and small pox

  4. small pox, cholera and polio
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The DPT (Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus) or triple vaccine protects against these three bacterial diseases. Pertussis is whooping cough. Measles, smallpox, cholera, and polio are not components of this triple vaccine.

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