Typhoid and Paratyphoid vaccine

Typhoid and Para-typhoid-

• Typhoid is a prevalent disease in India. A combined vaccine of typhoid and Para-typhoid is available in the market. Sometimes Cholera vaccine is also included in it. When the child is of 2 years or a little less, this vaccine is given. This vaccine is generally given 2-3 times within a gap of 1¬4 weeks. Secondary vaccine of this should be administered every year. The best time to give typhoid vaccine is the beginning of summers. The injection has Para-typhoid vaccine too. Fever and soreness are common side-effects.

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Important Points of Development in Infancy and Childhood :- 

1. After the baby’s birth he should be vaccinated on time so that his body develops resistance capacity for different diseases.
2. A person is made immune or resistant to an infectious disease, typically by the administration of a vaccine.
3. A baby should be vaccinated for chickenpox in the first week after birth.
4. BCG vaccine is given for protection against tuberculosis.
5. Triple antigen vaccine is given for diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus.
6. Polio vaccine is orally administered.
7. Typhoid, Para-typhoid and cholera vaccine is given in combination.

1. Chickenpox Vaccine is administered in
(a) First week after birth
(b) First month after birth
(c) First year after birth
(d) Five years after birth

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2. BCG Vaccine is given for
(a) Tuberculosis
(b) Measles
(c) Jaundice
(d) Polio

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3. Lump is formed after which vaccination
(a) Chickenpox
(b) BCG
(c) Whooping Cough
(d) Typhoid

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4. Which of the following vaccine is given orally ?
(a) Jaundice
(b) Cholera
(c) Measles
(d) Polio

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5. Which of the following vaccines can be given in combination?
(a) Chickenpox and Measles
(b) Polio and Typhoid
(c) Cholera and Typhoid
(d) Tuberculosis and Whooping cough

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