Question

BCG vaccine is used to build immunity against ____________.

Answer 1

1. A vaccine is a preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease.
2. It is a biologically prepared product that contains typical agents resembling a microorganism that cause diseases, made from weakened or dead forms of the microbes.
3. It helps in the stimulation of the immune system to identify the pathogens as a foreign agent and destroy it so that the immune system can recognize and destroy any microorganism encountered later.
4. The full form of BCG is the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin.
5. It is a vaccination against tuberculosis.
6. It helps to build tuberculosis resistance.

Final answer: BCG vaccine is used to build immunity against tuberculosis.