Multiple choice

BCG vaccination helps to control

  1. typhoid

  2. mumps

  3. measles

  4. tuberculosis
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Explanation

BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin) vaccine is used to prevent tuberculosis. It contains attenuated Mycobacterium bovis and provides protection against severe forms of TB in children, especially tuberculous meningitis and miliary TB. Typhoid, mumps, and measles have their own specific vaccines (typhoid: Vi polysaccharide/typhoid conjugate; mumps: MMR; measles: MMR). BCG has no protective effect against these diseases.

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