question_answer 32)

  You are aware of Polio Eradication Programme in your city. Children are vaccinated because (a) vaccination kills the polio causing microorganisms (b) prevents the entry of polio causing organism (c) it creates immunity in the body                           (d) All of the above

Answer:

  (c) Children are vaccinated by the vaccine to improves immunity to a particular disease, it contains an agent that resembles a disease causing microorganism and are made from weakened or killed microbe. The pulse polio programme is an immunization drive against polio. Polio is a disease of the muscles and nerves which can even cause paralysis. To prevent this disease, oral vaccines are given periodically to all children under 5 years of age in our country.