Question

Give the full form of OPV.

Answer 1

Oral Polio Vaccine:

1. OPV stands for Oral Polio Vaccine.
2. OPV is a vaccine for the prevention of Poliomyelitis recommended by the World Health Organisation.
3. The oral polio vaccine contains a live attenuated virus, that is, the live virus that is capable of multiplying but generally incapable of causing infection.
4. The injectable polio vaccine contains the killed virus.