Question

MMR stands for
a) Mumps, malaria and rabies
b) Malaria, mouth ulcer, rabies
c) Measles, Mumps, rubella
d) none of these

Answer 1

Hint: MMR vaccine which is given to a child at the age of 2 -6 years prevents him from three viral diseases. One of them is characterised by small pustules or rashes on the body.

Complete answer :
 To answer this question, we must understand the three diseases:
The diseases have the following symptoms:
Measles causes fever, rash, cough, runny nose, and red, watery eyes. Complications can include ear infection, diarrhea, pneumonia, brain damage, and death.
Mumps causes fever, headache, muscle aches, tiredness, loss of appetite, and swollen salivary glands. Complications can include swelling of the testicles or ovaries, deafness, inflammation of the brain and/or tissue covering the brain and spinal cord (encephalitis/meningitis) and, rarely, death.
Rubella causes fever, sore throat, rash, headache, and red, itchy eyes. If a woman gets rubella while she is pregnant, she could have a miscarriage or her baby could be born with serious birth defects.
These three are viral diseases that have serious impacts on the immune system. Thus, MMR vaccine is used against measles, mumps and rabies. It is a combined vaccine and provides prevention against three diseases. It is made from a live attenuated virus. It is produced by growing the virus in cell cultures or in embryonated chicken eggs. It is administered in two doses by subcutaneous route.

>Thus, the correct answer is option c) Measles, Mumps, rubella.

Note: Since this vaccine is developed from live attenuated, it does pose a certain amount of risks to the foetus and hence is not advised in pregnancy. Thus it is given prior to pregnancy or after completion of pregnancy.