{"id":1326,"date":"2024-02-17T18:15:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T12:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=1326"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:16:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:46:24","slug":"q-what-is-the-importance-of-using-pneumococcal-conjugate-vaccines-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-what-is-the-importance-of-using-pneumococcal-conjugate-vaccines-in-india","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0What is the importance of using Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines in India?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. These vaccines are effective against pneumonia as well as meningitis and sepsis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Dependence on antibiotics that are not effective against drug-resistant bacteria can be reduced.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. These vaccines have no side effects<\/strong> and cause no<\/strong> allergic reactions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Select the correct answer using the code given below:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • 1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 1 and 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 1, 2 and 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      Answer: (b) 1 and 2 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      Pneumococcal disease<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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      • Pneumococcal disease is an infection caused by bacteria called Streptococcus pneumoniae<\/strong> (also known as pneumococcus).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • It is caused by bacteria which can lead to infections in the lungs, blood, and brain.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • It causes health problems in children younger than 5 years of age.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The greatest risk<\/strong> for infection is for children younger than 2, adults over 65, people with certain medical conditions, and cigarette smokers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • These diseases also include pneumonia, meningitis, sepsis, blood infections, and ear infections.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
        Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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        • Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) prevents pneumococcal disease.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • The vaccine is a mix of several bacteria<\/strong> of the pneumococci family, which are known to cause pneumonia \u2014 hence \u2018conjugate\u2019<\/strong> is included in the name of the vaccine.\n
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          • Conjugate vaccines<\/strong> are made using a combination of two different components.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Most people who get a pneumococcal vaccine do not have any serious problems with it. With any medicine, including vaccines, there is a chance of side effects<\/strong>. These are usually mild and go away on their own within a few days, but serious reactions are possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
            Pneumonia vs Pneumococcal pneumonia<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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            • Pneumonia is a lung disease.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Pneumococcal pneumonia, a kind of pneumonia<\/strong>, can infect the upper respiratory tract and can spread to the blood, lungs, middle ear, or nervous system.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Pneumococcal disease is a name for any infection caused by bacteria called Streptococcus pneumonia or pneumococcus.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Most people carry pneumococcus in their nose and throat, where the bacteria do not cause any symptoms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Select the correct answer using the code given below: Answer: (b) 1 and 2 only Pneumococcal disease Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Pneumonia vs Pneumococcal pneumonia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[44],"years":[53],"class_list":["post-1326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-science-and-tech","years-53"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":44,"label":"Science and Tech"}],"years":[{"value":53,"label":"2020"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":44,"name":"Science and Tech","slug":"science-and-tech","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":44,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":167,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1326"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1343,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326\/revisions\/1343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1326"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=1326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}