Human Health and Diseases Question 28

(a) Typhoid

(b) Polio

(c) T.B.

(d) Tetanus

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Answer : a

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(a) Tetanus is caused by Clostridium tetani. Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Polio is caused by virus. Salmonella typhi causes typhoid fever. The incubation period is about two weeks. The patient first suffers from high fever of $40^{\circ} C$ and continual headache.