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The first vaccine produced by Edward Jenner was for protection against

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Hepatitis
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Influenza
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Chicken pox
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Small pox
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Solution

The correct option is D Small pox
  • Smallpox vaccine, the first successful vaccine to be developed, was introduced by Edward Jenner in 1796.
  • He followed up his observation that milkmaids who had previously caught cowpox did not later catch smallpox by showing that inoculated cowpox protected against inoculated smallpox.
  • Hence, The first vaccine produced by Edward Jenner was for protection against Smallpox
  • So, the correct answer is 'Smallpox'.

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