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The vaccination against small pox involves the introditetion of - |
| A. | killed germs |
| B. | weakened germs |
| C. | live antibodies |
| D. | activated germs |
| Answer» B. weakened germs | |
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Explanation: The smallpox vaccine was the first successful vaccine to be developed. The process of vaccination was first publicized byEdward Jenner in 1796, who acted upon his observation that milkmaids who caught the cowpox virus did not catch smallpox. The vaccine consists of the virus which causes the related, yet far milder, cowpox disease; this virus is named vaecinia (the term vaccine is derived from it), from the Latin vacca which means cow. This vaccine has functional viruses in it. Vaccines generally consist of a weakened (attenuated) or killed antigens, associated with a particular disease that are capable of stimulating the body to make specific antibodies to that disease. |
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