Immunization

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What is full form of DPT ?

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Write short note on pulse polio programme.

Q. The first vaccine was discovered by Edward Jenner. The target disease was ___.

1. Small pox
2. Chicken pox
3. SARS
4. Measles

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Making anti-viral drugs is more difficult than making anti-bacterial medicines because -

1. Viruses make use of host machinery.

2. Viruses are on the borderline between living and non-living.

3. Viruses have very few biochemical mechanisms of their own.

4. Viruses have a protein coat.

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Explain how does vaccine work?

Q. Which of the following immunoglobulins constitute the largest percentage in human milk?

1. IgM
2. IgG
3. IgM
4. IgA

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What are the immunization programs available at the nearest health center in your locality? Which of these diseases are the major health problems in your area?

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What is the basic principle for immunization?

Q. What do you mean by immunisation

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How does vaccines provide immunity against a disease?

Q. Why is polio drop given orally??

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How is vaccine produced

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What are interferons?

Q. The resistance of the body to occurence of any disease is called .

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Name two diseases against which vaccines are available.

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The majority of the children in India are immune to Hepatitis A at the age of 5 years old because

1. they are immunized with the vaccine at the time of birth

2. their immune systems are resistant to the Hepatitis virus

3. the children are already exposed to the virus through water

4. all of the above

Q. True or False Questions

The process of vaccination was developed by Jenner in the year $1796.$

1. True
2. False

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What is vaccination? Mention the four ways in which vaccines are prepared, giving the name of one disease for which each type of vaccine is used.

Q. what are the symptoms, causes and precautions of malaria, dengue, t.b and hiv-aids.

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What do you mean by immunity ? Write four factors responsible for reducing immunity of the body for a person.

Q. Our body has a special mechanism to fight against infectious pathogens. This property is called immunization.

1. True
2. False

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Becoming exposed to or infected with an infectious microbe does not necessarily mean developing a noticeable disease. Explain.

Q. The process of inducing immunity in an organism usually through vaccination is called ______.

Q. What is the derivation of vaccination ?

Q. Pulse polio programme is organized in our country for

1. Curing polio
2. Eradicating polio
3. Spreading polio
4. None of the above

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Name the most common method to prevent infection ?

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Which of the following statements are true about the immune system?

1. Anti retro-viral drug

2. Immuno-modulator

3. Immunosuppressant

4. Immuno vaccine

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Do enzymes kill viruses?

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Oral vaccine prevents from the attack of

1. Typhoid

2. Polio

3. Tetanus

4. Cholera

Q. True or False

Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) is a live but attenuated virus which colonises the gastrointestinal tract.

1. False
2. True