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Multiple choice zoology immune system vaccine and immunization infectious diseases - transmission and prevention infectious diseases and how to prevent them

Vaccines which are to be avoided during pregnancy are all except:

  1. Rubella vaccine

  2. Hepatitis B vaccine

  3. Tetanus vaccine

  4. Influenza vaccine
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A Correct answer
Explanation

  • Vaccines which are to be avoided during pregnancy include rubella vaccine, small pox vaccine and oral polio-myelitis vaccine

So, the correct answer is 'Rubella vaccine'

Multiple choice zoology immune system vaccine and immunization infectious diseases - transmission and prevention infectious diseases and how to prevent them

Vaccine is

  1. Live oral pathogen

  2. Inactivated antigen

  3. Inactivated pathogen

  4. Complete pathogen
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C Correct answer
Explanation

A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides acquired immunity to a particular disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing micro-organism and is often made from weakened (attenuated) or killed forms of the pathogen, its toxins or one of its surface proteins.
Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

Multiple choice evs - i infectious diseases and how to prevent them vaccine and immunization infectious diseases - transmission and prevention medicinal use of microorganism

Germ of germ-substance introduced into the body to prevent the occurrence of an infectious disease is known as

  1. Vaccine

  2. Toxoids

  3. Cytokine

  4. None of these
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Explanation
The germ of germ-substance introduced into the body to prevent the occurrence of an infectious disease is known as the vaccine. It provides active acquired immunity to a particular disease. 
So, the correct answer is 'Vaccine'.
Multiple choice zoology diseases and immunity vaccine and immunization infectious diseases - transmission and prevention infectious diseases and how to prevent them

BCG vaccination is to be given to a new born child

  1. Immediately after child birth

  2. Within 48 hours

  3. Within seven days

  4. Within six month
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D Correct answer
Explanation

These are the antigenic substance produced from the causative agent of disease, which helps in providing immunity against one or more disease. BCG stands for Bacille Calmette Guerin, is the vaccine provided against the disease tuberculosis (TB). It is given to 6 months old babies.


Therefore the right answer is option "D".

Multiple choice zoology diseases and immunity vaccine and immunization infectious diseases - transmission and prevention infectious diseases and how to prevent them

Statement (SI) : Injections provided against the tetanus is a passive immunization
Statement (SII) : Injection provided against the tetanus contains preformed antibodies

  1. Statements SI and SII are correct

  2. Statement SI is correct but SII is incorrect

  3. Statement SI is incorrect but SII is correct

  4. Statement SI is incorrect bur SII is correct
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Explanation

Passive immunization is the immunity which develops due to the administration of antibodies for protection from the antigens persisting in the body. Tetanus injection is given against the bacteria  Clostridium tetani. It has antibodies administered which fight this infection.

So, the correct option is 'Statements SI and SII are correct'.

Multiple choice zoology diseases and immunity vaccine and immunization infectious diseases - transmission and prevention infectious diseases and how to prevent them

Vaccines produced through genetic engineering are safe as?

  1. They contain antigen only from coat of pathogen

  2. They are least active form of virus

  3. They are attenuated form of pathogen

  4. All the above
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Explanation

Genetically engineered (recombinant) vaccines are safe because they often use only specific antigens, such as surface proteins from the pathogen, rather than the whole live or killed organism.

Multiple choice zoology diseases and immunity vaccine and immunization infectious diseases - transmission and prevention infectious diseases and how to prevent them

Identify the incorrect match for discovery of following vaccines:

  1. Injectable Polio vaccine : Jonas Salk

  2. Vaccine against Small box : Edward Jenner

  3. Rabies vaccine : Rober Koch

  4. Yellow Fever Vaccine : M. Theiler
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Rabies, Anthrax and Cholera vaccines were discovered by Louis Pasteur

So, the correct answer is 'Rabies vaccine:Robert Koch'

Multiple choice zoology diseases and immunity vaccine and immunization infectious diseases - transmission and prevention infectious diseases and how to prevent them

The first vaccination was discovered by:

  1. Robert Brown

  2. Robin cook

  3. Edward Jenner

  4. Alexander Fleming
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Smallpox vaccine, the first successful vaccine to be developed, was introduced by Edward Jenner in 1796. He followed up his observation that milkmaids who had previously caught cowpox did not later catch smallpox by showing that inoculated cowpox protected against inoculated smallpox.

So the correct option is C.