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The Bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccine(popularly called BCG vaccine) is a vaccine to prevent which of these diseases?

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A)Jaundice

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B)Typhoid

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C)Tuberculosis

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D)Polio

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C
BCG, or bacille Calmette-Guerin, is a vaccine for tuberculosis ( TB) disease. Tuberculosis is an infectious disease which affects our lungs and it gets spread from one person to another through tiny droplets released into the air through coughing.
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