DPT vaccine is given for preventing

Tetanus, polio and plague

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Diphtheria, whooping cough and leprosy

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Diphtheria, pneumonia and tetanus

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Diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus

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Solution

The correct option is D Diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus
DPT (also DTP and DTwP) refers to a class of combination vaccines against three infectious diseases in humans: diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus. The vaccine components include diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and killed whole cells of the organism that causes pertussis (wP).

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