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Question
You are aware of Polio Eradication Programme in your city. Children are vaccinated because
Options
vaccination kills polio causing microorganisms
prevents the entry of polio causing organism
it creates immunity in the body
all the above
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Solution
it creates immunity in the body
Explanation:
- Vaccination is a technique to develop immunity in individuals without infection.
- The term vaccine is used for the preparation of antigenic proteins of pathogens or weakened or dead pathogens which on inoculation into a healthy person provides temporary/permanent immunity against the diseases by inducing antibodies formation.
- The pathogens, given in a vaccine, are unable to cause disease but are sufficient to generate the primary immune response.
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