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A harmless version of tetanus toxin is called _________________(a) clostridium(b) plasmid(c) toxoid(d) thylakoidI have been asked this question in a national level competition.Enquiry is from Immune Response topic in division Immune Response of Cell Biology

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Right answer is (c) TOXOID

To explain I WOULD say: Tetanus is caused by an anaerobic soil bacterium KNOWN as CLOSTRIDIUM tetani. For immunity against tetanus, infants are inoculated with a harmless version of the tetanus neurotoxin – toxoid.



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