What is the full form of 1) DPT 2) DDT 3) BCG

What is the full form of 1) DPT 2) DDT 3) BCG?

DPT (diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus) is a vaccine, also known as the DTP vaccine, is a type of combination vaccine that protects against 3 infectious diseases affecting people: pertussis (whooping cough), diphtheria, and tetanus. Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids, as well as either, died whole cells of the bacteria that cause pertussis antigens or pertussis, are included in the vaccine. The antigens or whole cells will be labeled as “DTwP” or “DTaP,” with the lower-case “w” indicating whole-cell immobilized pertussis as well as the lower-case “a” indicating acellular pertussis.

Until 1996, when the acellular DTaP vaccine was licensed for use, the DPT vaccine was administrated as part of the childhood vaccinations suggested by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) is an agricultural insecticide. DDT was banned in the United States in 1972. DDT is still used in some different countries around the United States to control mosquitos that spread malaria. DDT as well as its related compounds are persistent in nature and animal tissues.

People are most likely exposed to DDT through foods such as meat, fish, as well as dairy products. DDT exposure occurs through eating, touching, or breathing DDT-contaminated products. DDT can be converted into DDE and both remain in the body and the environment. DDT degrades in the body into several breakdown products known as metabolites, one of which is dichloro diphenyldi chloroethylene (DDE).

BCG -Bacille Calmette-Guerin is the full name. BCG is a weakened form of the bacteria Mycobacterium Bovis, which is closely related to the tuberculosis agent Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

It is a tuberculosis vaccine that aids in the development of tuberculosis immunity. BCG comes to use as an adjuvant in cancer chemotherapy and to boost immune response.