Question

Vaccination is scientifically called as prophylaxis. True or False?

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A True

Vaccination is scientifically called as prophylaxis. Vaccination is the administration of antigenic material (a vaccine) to stimulate an individual's immune system to develop adaptive immunity to a pathogen. Vaccines can prevent or ameliorate infectious disease. When a sufficiently large percentage of a population has been vaccinated, herd immunity results.