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SSC CHSL 2019 PYQ — Question 26

SSC CHSL - 5th July 2019 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q26

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The Bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccine (popularly called BCG vaccine) is a vaccine to prevent which of these diseases?

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Correct answer: A

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The correct answer is option 1, i.e. Tuberculosis

The Bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccine (popularly called BCG vaccine) is a vaccine to prevent which of these diseases?

Tuberculosis

Bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccine (BCG):
  • The BCG vaccine contains live bacteria that have been weakened (attenuated) so that they stimulate the immune system but do not cause disease in healthy people.
  • BCG is used in many countries with a high prevalence of TB.
  • In countries where tuberculosis or leprosy is common, one dose is recommended in healthy babies as close to the time of birth as possible.