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A vaccine is made up of a weakened pathogen and is used to develop immunity against that pathogen.

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Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
I) Antibodies can be passed from mother to child through breastmilk.
II) Acquired or adaptive immunity is not specific to any type of pathogen.
III) A vaccine is made up of either a weakened or dead pathogen and is used to develop immunity against that pathogen.

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A. Immunity means the ability of a body to recognize, destroy and eliminate external disease causing agents.
B. Vaccination helps a person to acquire immunity against a certain disease.
C. The vaccine is a solution containing the disease-causing organisms in a diluted or weakened form.
D. The commonly used vaccine are DPT, BCG, hepatitis vaccine, polio vaccine, typhoid vaccine etc.
Select the correct statement.

Q. What is vaccine? How does immunity develop against a disease ,when vaccine for that diseases is introduced in the human body?

Q99) BCG vaccine is used to develop immunity against

The vaccine for which disease is made up of cellular parts of the pathogen?

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