Consider the following statements Pencillin is almost out of indian market due to high prices it is ...........

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Consider the following statements:

Pencillin is almost out of indian market due to high prices.
it is the cheapest option for rheumatic fever treatment.
The prevalence of Rheumatic fever in school children in india is more than overall prevalnce.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 and 3 only

1 and 3 only

All of the above

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Explanation:

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Penicillin is one of the oldest antibiotics and in many western countries still remains the first antibiotic. Yet in India it has almost gone out of the market because of price control.The prices were kept so low that manufacturers stopped making the drug.

Population-based studies indicate the prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in India to be about 2/1000 population. However, surveys conducted in school children in the age group of 5-16 years by ICMR gives overall prevalence of 6/1000.