Human Health and Diseases Question 20
20. Which one of the following option gives the correct matching of a disease with its causative organism and mode of infection. [2011M]
| | Disease | Causative
Organisms | Mode of
Infection |
| :—: | :—: | :—: | :—: |
(a) | Typhoid | Salmonella
typhii | With
inspired air |
(b) | Pneumonia
pneumoniae | Streptococcus
Infection | Droplet |
(c) | Elephantiasis | Wuchereria
bancrofti | infected water
and food |
(d) | Malaria | Plasmodium
vivax | Bite of male
Anopheles
mosquito |
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Answer : b
Hints & Solutions
(b) Pneumonia disease is spread by the organism Streptococcus pneumoniae and the mode of infection is by droplet infection.
