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2016

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The world’s first fast-acting anti-rabies drug will be launched by which country
A
India
B
Pakistan
C
Australia
D
England
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Rabies Human Monoclonal Antibody (RMAb) is world’s first fast-acting anti-rabies drug which was launched in India in 2016.

Detailed explanation-2: -The virus enters the body by the bite of an infected dog. The first effective vaccine against rabies was developed by Louis Pasteur and Emile Roux in the year 1885.

Detailed explanation-3: -Louis Pasteur wrote the first of his papers on rabies, in 1881 [26], with the collaboration of Chamberland, Roux, and Thuillier: We have started studying rabies. In a publication in 1884 [27], he Previously demonstrated that, in cases of rabies, the rabies virus had its seat in the brain and the spinal cord.

Detailed explanation-4: -Two rabies vaccines are available in the United States. Both vaccines contain inactivated rabies virus. HDCV vaccine (Imovax, Sanofi Pasteur) is produced in human diploid cell culture. PCECV vaccine (RabAvert, Novartis) is produced in chick embryo cell culture.

Detailed explanation-5: -INDICATION. Rabishield is indicated as passive antibody component of post-exposure Prophylaxis of rabies infection, when given to individuals with suspected Rabies exposure.

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