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Aptitude and Reasoning - Part 2

Administration of the DPT vaccine (diphtheria toxoid, pertussis products, and tetanus toxoid) would stimulate which of t

The principle of quantitative reasoning explains that ratio, percentage and series logic determine correct calculation. Hence Artificial active fits best because it meets mathematical and logical criteria, as documented in authoritative sources on aptitude and reasoning.

Ref: Wren and Martin, High School English Grammar and Composition, Revised Edition, Chapter 12, discusses vocabulary and comprehension providing guidance for verbal aptitude and logical inference assessment.

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Biochemistry and Aptitude and Reasoning

Administration of the DPT vaccine (diphtheria toxoid, pertussis products, and tetanus toxoid) would stimulate which of t

The principle of quantitative reasoning explains that ratio, percentage and series logic determine correct calculation. Hence Artificial active fits best because it meets mathematical and logical criteria, as documented in authoritative sources on aptitude and reasoning.

Ref: Wren and Martin, High School English Grammar and Composition, Revised Edition, Chapter 12, discusses vocabulary and comprehension providing guidance for verbal aptitude and logical inference assessment.

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Vaccine

DPT vaccine provides protection against:

DPT vaccine, also known as triple antigen, provides simultaneous protection against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus three bacterial diseases responsible for high childhood morbidity mortality before immunization era. Diphtheria caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae toxigenic strains producing diphtheria toxin transported to heart causing myocarditis, nerves neuritis and kidney necrosis plus pseudomembrane airway obstruction. Pertussis caused by Bordetella pertussis Gram-negative coccobacillus attaching ciliated epithelium via filamentous hemagglutinin, producing pertussis toxin ADP-ribosylating

Ref: CDC Pink Book Diphtheria Pertussis Tetanus DPT; WHO DPT definition combined; Plotkin.

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Vaccine

Diphtheria and tetanus vaccines are examples of:

Diphtheria and tetanus vaccines belong to toxoid class defined by formalin inactivated exotoxins maintaining immunogenicity while lacking toxicity. Diphtheria vaccine contains diphtheria toxoid derived from Corynebacterium diphtheriae Park-Williams 8 strain carrying corynebacteriophage tox gene encoding ADP-ribosyltransferase secreted into culture medium purified then detoxified. Tetanus vaccine uses tetanus toxoid from Clostridium tetani Harvard strain fermenter grown anaerobically producing tetanospasmin. Both toxoids formulated with aluminum phosphate or hydroxide adjuvant as DT, Td, DTP co

Ref: WHO Tetanus Diphtheria toxoid vaccines; Plotkin Toxoid category; Rappuoli.

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