Arrange the following vaccines in a sequence of first to last from their years of invention

(A) Rubella

(B) DTP

(C) Mumps

(D) Yellow fever

(E) Diphtheria

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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  1. (C), (D), (A), (B), (E) 
  2. (E), (D), (B), (C), (A) 
  3. (B), (A), (C), (D), (E) 
  4. (C), (D), (E), (B), (A)

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Option 2 : (E), (D), (B), (C), (A) 
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Diphtheria:

  • Diphtheria is a serious infection affects the nose and throat is caused by strains of bacteria called Corynebacterium diphtheriae that make toxin.
  • DTP vaccine is a class of combination vaccines against three infectious diseases in humans: diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus. The diphtheria vaccine was developed in 1923.

Yellow fever:

  • Yellow fever (YF) is an African mosquito-borne infection of primates.
  • It is caused by a virus of the Flavivirus genus of the Flaviviridae family. In its natural habitat, it is transmitted between monkeys by forest-dwelling primatophilic Aedes mosquitoes.
  • Yellow fever vaccine came into use in 1938.

DTP vaccine:

  • DTP vaccine was developed in 1948.
  • In the U.S., the whooping cough (pertussis), diphtheria and tetanus vaccines are combined into one licensed vaccine called the diphtheria, tetanus toxoid and whole-cell pertussis (DTP) vaccine.

Mumps:

  • Mumps is a viral disease caused by the mumps virus.
  • Mumps are easily spread by airborne droplets from the upper respiratory tract.
  • In 1963, Dr. Hilleman isolated the mumps virus from a throat swab from his five-year old daughter and developed a new vaccine.

Rubella:

  • Rubella, also known as German measles or three-day measles, is an infection caused by the rubella virus
  • It spreads from person-to-person through droplets coughed or sneezed into the air by an infected person.
  • In 1964, working in his Wistar Institute laboratory, Stanley Plotkin invented the rubella vaccine—the "R" in MMR—that's now used the world over. 

​Therefore we can say that the correct answer is (E), (D), (B), (C), (A) 

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