NURSING ANM AND GNM

NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS

MICROBIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Developed the first vaccine
A
Edward Jenner
B
Alexander Fleming
C
Robert Hooke
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dr Edward Jenner created the world’s first successful vaccine. He found out that people infected with cowpox were immune to smallpox. In May 1796, English physician Edward Jenner expands on this discovery and inoculates 8-year-old James Phipps with matter collected from a cowpox sore on the hand of a milkmaid.

Detailed explanation-2: -Edward Jenner discovered the vaccine for smallpox in 1798. Working in an agricultural community, Jenner knew that milkmaids never caught smallpox. However, they inevitably caught cowpox.

Detailed explanation-3: -Edward Jenner, (17 May 1749-26 January 1823) was an English physician and scientist who was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, the world’s first vaccine. Edward Jenner spent most of his life in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, where his father was the vicar.

Detailed explanation-4: -Edward Jenner is the father of vaccines. Q. Who developed Vaccine?

Detailed explanation-5: -Edward Jenner (Figure 1) is well known around the world for his innovative contribution to immunization and the ultimate eradication of smallpox (2).

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