This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: None, Subject name: Social & Preventive Medicine
Vaccine CONTRAINDICATED in pregnancy is: March 2013 (d, h) 
Select and explain. 
A. Hepatitis A vaccine, B. MMR, C. Tetanus toxoid, D. Hepatitis B vaccine
B: MMR
Answer: B: MMR 
Explanation: Ans. B i.e. MMR No evidence exists of risk to the fetus from vaccinating pregnant women with inactivated virus or bacterial vaccines or toxoids. Live vaccines administered to a pregnant woman pose a theoretical risk to the fetus; therefore, live, attenuated virus and live bacterial vaccines generally are contraindicated during pregnancy.