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Father of immunology is

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Robert Koch
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Edward Jenner
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Louis Pasteur
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Paul Ehrlich
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Solution

The correct option is B Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner was an English physician and scientist who is the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine. He is often called the father of immunology. He saw that the healthy person when injected by the pus of pox of the infected person, developed immunity against it.
So, the correct answer is option B.

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