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If a person shows production of interfer...

If a person shows production of interferons in his body, the chances are that he has got an infection of
or
The disease due to which maximum death in children occur is

A

typhoid

B

measles

C

tetanus

D

malaria

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The correct Answer is:
B
Interferons are proteins produced by a cell infected by a virus and provide protection to other healthy cells against infection by viruses. Measles is also viral disease. It is caused by paramyxo virus (RNA virus). Interferon was discovered in 1957 by Issacs and Lindenmann.
Typhoid and tetanus are bacterial diseases and malaria is a protozoan disease.
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