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Vaccine of Tuberculosis is known as
Answer: C
The tuberculosis vaccine is BCG.
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine, developed by Albert Calmette and Camille Guerin and first used in 1921, is a live attenuated strain of Mycobacterium bovis. In India it is given at birth under the Universal Immunisation Programme, and it protects young children particularly against severe forms of tuberculosis.
PAS (para-aminosalicylic acid) is an anti-tuberculosis drug, not a vaccine. OPV is the oral polio vaccine, and DPT protects against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus.
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