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  1. In B.C.G. Vaccine the word ‘C’ stands for :
    1. Calmette
    2. Cough
    3. Chlorine
    4. Cadmium
Correct Option: A

The acronym BCG stands for Bacillus Calmette– Guérin, a vaccine against tuberculosis and for the treatment of some bladder cancers. It is prepared from a strain of the attenuated (virulence-reduced) live bovine tuberculosis bacillus, Mycobacterium bovis. It is on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines.



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