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The word “vaccine” literally comes from cows.

In 1796 Edward Jenner transferred cowpox material to an 8-year-old boy, who then proved immune to deadly smallpox. “Vacca” is Latin for cow – hence “vaccine”. Smallpox killed around 400,000 Europeans a year in the 18th century. In 1980 the WHO declared it eradicated.

Useful: Smallpox remains the only human disease ever wiped out worldwide by vaccination.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

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Where does the word “vaccine” come from?

  1. The Latin word for cow
  2. The inventor's name
  3. The Greek word for protection
  4. A town in France
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Correct: The Latin word for cow

“Vacca” is Latin for cow – Jenner used cowpox.

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