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.
