The following is an Assertion/Reason question. These questions consist of two statements, each printed as Assertion and Reason. Read both statements carefully and then select the correct answer from the options below [table]
Assertion | | Reason Currently we do not have a leishmaniasis vaccine available for humans | Because | No attempt has been made to produce one due to the insignificance of the disease
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The following is an Assertion/Reason question. These questions consist of two statements, each printed as Assertion and Reason. Read both statements carefully and then select the correct answer from the options below [table]
Assertion |  | Reason Currently we do not have a leishmaniasis vaccine available for humans | Because | No attempt has been made to produce one due to the insignificance of the disease
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The prompt presents an Assertion and a Reason, and asks you to evaluate both statements and how they relate.
Option a: 'Both the Assertion and Reason are true, and the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion.' If the Assertion is true but the Reason is false or not a correct explanation, this option is invalid. Here, the Reason states that no attempt has been made due to the insignificance of the disease, which misrepresents the situation and makes the explanation inaccurate.
Option b: 'Both the Assertion and Reason are true, but the Reason is not a correct explanation of the Assertion.' This would be chosen if the Reason were factually correct but merely not explanatory. However, the Reason is not factually accurate (see below), so this cannot be the right choice.
Option c: 'The Assertion is true but the Reason is false.' This matches the factual context: the assertion that there is currently no leishmaniasis vaccine for humans is generally considered true. The reason given— that no attempt has been made due to the insignificance of the disease—is misleading and not accurate, because efforts have indeed been pursued in vaccine research and the disease remains a significant public health issue, not insignificant.
Option d: 'The Assertion is false but the Reason is true.' This would mean the assertion is incorrect, which is not the case here, since there is no widely used human leishmaniasis vaccine. The assertion being false would contradict established facts.
Option e: 'Both the Assertion and Reason are false.' This would require both statements to be incorrect, which contradicts the first statement being true and the second being incorrect.

In sum, the Assertion is true in stating that a human vaccine for leishmaniasis does not exist yet, whereas the Reason is false or at least not a valid explanation, because the disease is significant and research efforts have occurred rather than none.

Therefore, the correct relationship is that the Assertion is true while the Reason is false, leading to the option that reflects this pairing.

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