Human Health and Diseases Question 35
35. Typhoid fever is caused by
(a) Salmonella
(b) Shigella
(c) Escherichia
(d) Giardia
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Answer : a
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(a) Typhoid fever is caused by Salmonella typhi (S. typhosa). This is fasillus type. Bacterial genus Shigella causes shigellosis or bacillary dysentry. Escherichia coli is a facultative anaerobe found in the intestine of human beings. Giardia is a flagellate protozoan, Glamblia causes giardiasis a prolonged diarroheal disease of humans.
