Multiple choice

”At present, it is the typical practice of giving infants 3 vaccines (diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus) at a time. Such immunisation is known as DPT”- What are the constituents of this vaccine?

  1. Alpha and gamma globulins

  2. Gentamycin, Tobramycin and Streptomycin

  3. Activated and inactivated tetanus and diphtheria toxins

  4. Antemortem and Amphotericin B
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Explanation

DPT consists of inactivated diphtheria toxin known as toxoid, destroys whooping cough microbes and inactivated tetanus toxin known as toxoid. Each of these is obtainable individually or tetanus diphtheria immunisation may be mixed up without whooping cough, then it is known as DT (double toxoid).  Usually DPT is applied in 3 doses at the interval of every month starting at the age of  6 weeks.

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