MEDICINE
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Eradicating Smallpox
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Eliminating most of polio
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Creating a vaccine for the common cold
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Developing a vaccine for Ebola
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Detailed explanation-1: -Several diseases including cholera, tuberculosis, small pox and hepatitis can be prevented by vaccination. There is no vaccine available for osteoporosis.
Detailed explanation-2: -The development of vaccines for the common cold has been difficult because of antigenic variability of the common cold virus and the indistinguishable multiple other viruses and even bacteria acting as infective agents.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cold-It is a viral infection caused in the upper respiratory tract. There are no vaccines against cold-causing rhinoviruses, as there is little-to-no cross-protection between serotypes. Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a crippling and potentially deadly disease, caused by the poliovirus.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1721, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu brought smallpox inoculation to Europe, by asking that her two daughters be inoculated against smallpox as she had observed practice in Turkey. Dr Edward Jenner created the world’s first successful vaccine. He found out that people infected with cowpox were immune to smallpox.