Day by day Quiz on vaccines

On March 27, 2014, the WHO licensed India as polio-free. Three years of no reported circumstances of untamed poliovirus transmission had been required to get the certification
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Q: Which scientist is credited with creating the primary profitable vaccine?

A: Edward Jenner

Q: Which is the one human illness to have been eradicated by vaccination, in 1980?

A:  Smallpox

Q: In 1998, a fraudulent analysis paper by doctor X and 12 coauthors was printed in The Lancet. The paper falsely linked the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism, derailing the MMR vaccination globally, for years. Who’s doctor X?

A:  Andrew Wakefield

Q: To extend the physique’s immune response, and assist make vaccines simpler, adjuvants are added to many vaccines. What’s a typical adjuvant?

A: Aluminium

Q: In 1986, the Recombivax HB vaccine for hepatitis B was authorised for human use in a number of international locations. What was particular about this vaccine.

A: It was the primary vaccine to be produced utilizing recombinant DNA know-how

Q: On March 27, 2014, the WHO licensed India as polio-free. What number of years of no reported circumstances of untamed poliovirus transmission had been required to get the certification?

A: Three years