Vaccine is found in which of the following form/s?
a) intact but inactivated
b) an attenuated with reduced infectivity
c) purified component of the pathogen
d) all of these
In which of the following case, Toxoids are produced for the immunization against toxin-based diseases?
a) malaria
b) typhoid
c) tetanus
d) T.B
Explanation: tetanospasmin of tetanus by destroying the toxic but preserving the immunogenic effect
Who was the first scientist who developed a vaccine against small pox in 1796?
a) Alexander Flemming
b) Edward Jenner
c) Carlos Linnaeus
d) Louis Pasteur
Explanation: he conducted this experiment on 8 years old boy James Philip
Which of the following was used as a vaccine against small pox by
E. Jenner?
a) chicken pox
b) measles
c) cowpox
d) monkey pox
Explanation: Chickenpox is a very contagious infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus. It mainly affects kids, but adults can get it too
The term vaccine was proposed by……
a) Alexander Flemming
b) Edward Jenner
c) Carlos Linnaeus
d) Louis Pasteur
Explanation: derived from Latin word ‘Vacca’ which means cow because the first vaccine was made from cowpox liquid
Which of the following is/are the important type/s of vaccines?
a) live, attenuated vaccines
b) inactivated vaccines and subunit vaccines
c) Toxoid vaccines
d) all of these
