Multiple choice

Which of the following best explains the term - "VARIOLATION"?

  1. The generation of antibody variable regions.

  2. The attenuation of virulent organisms.

  3. Innoculation of scab material into small skin wounds.

  4. The removal of scab material from an individual with smallpox.

  5. A type of gene therapy.
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Explanation

Deliberate attempts to ward off infections by inducing a minor form of the disease were common in China in the middle ages. The practice of variolation as a protection against smallpox spread from India, through Turkey and into Western Europe in the 18th century.

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