The 'Vaccine' for Rabies was first developed by Louis Pasteur using: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

The 'Vaccine' for Rabies was first developed by Louis Pasteur using:
A. Weakened virus obtained from the spinal cord of infected rabbits
B. A subunit of the rabies virus
C. Killed rabies virus
D. Live attenuated rabies virus
Answer: Option A
Solution (By JKExamLibrary)
In 1885, Louis Pasteur developed the first effective vaccine against rabies. He achieved this by serially passaging the rabies virus (obtained from the saliva of infected dogs) through the spinal cords of rabbits. This process attenuated (weakened) the virus for rabbits but made it virulent for dogs. He then dried the infected spinal cords to further weaken the virus and used this attenuated material to successfully inoculate and protect a boy, Joseph Meister, who had been bitten by a rabid dog.

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