Question

Identify the incorrect match for the discovery of the following vaccines:
A. Injectable Polio vaccine: Jonas Salk
B. A vaccine against Smallpox: Edward Jenner
C. Rabies vaccine: Rober Koch
D. Yellow Fever Vaccine: M. Theiler

Answer 1

Among the given options the wrongly matched vaccine was created by Sir Louis Pasteur. In his research work on several disease treatments, he created the first vaccines for fowl cholera; anthrax (one of the most significant and deadly livestock diseases that in recent times has been used against humans in germ warfare), and the dreaded disease caused by dogs.

Complete answer: Rabies vaccine is an active immunizing vaccine that is administered in humans in order to prevent any infection due to the rabies virus.
The vaccine works just like any other vaccine, i.e. upon administering the vaccine, the body prepares antibodies against the rabies virus. It provides efficient immunity to prevent the rabies disease in people who have been bitten by an infected animal or otherwise somehow got exposed to the rabies virus. Commercially, this vaccine is available in markets under several brand names such as the HDCV, and Imax.
Louis Pasteur developed the earliest effective vaccine against rabies that was first used to treat a human bite victim on 6 July 1885.

So, the correct answer is “Option C”.

Note: It is important to note that the Booster doses may be required after one year and then every 3-5 years for people whose work gives them a risk of contact with the rabies virus.
People who are generally at a range of lower-risk factors by traveling again into areas with rabies might be needing a booster after a span of nine or ten years.