DTP vaccine is given to protect the diseases like

Diphtheria, polio and tuberculosis

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Diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus

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Diarrhoea, polio, tetanus

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Diarrhoea, pertussis, tuberculosis

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Solution

The correct option is B Diphtheria, whooping cough, 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).
Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

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Match each disease with its correct type of vaccine:

(a) tuberculosis (i) harmless virus

(b) Whooping cough (ii) inactivated toxin

(d) polio (iv) harmless bacteria

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