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Dengue is transmitted by Culex Mosquito. 

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Important Questions on Human Health and Diseases

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Mention the name and symptoms of the disease characterised by increased BMR?
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Match the following

  List-I   List-II
(A) Fasciola hepatica (I) Castration
(B) Plasmodium vivax (II) Kala azar
(C) Sacculina (III) Hyperplasia
(D) Leishmania donovoni (IV) Neoplasia
    (V) Hypertrophy
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The active form of Entamoeba histolytica is a protozoan parasite in the
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The correct combination of hosts and their respective viral diseases
A) Bovine spongiform encephalitis-Cows
B) Rubella-Beef
C) Scrapie disease-Sheep
D) Creutzfeldt -Jakob disease-Man
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An example of water-borne disease is
(scabies, dracunculiasis, trachoma, cholera)
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Match the following: 
   List - I     List - II
(a) Cytozoic parasite (i) Lives within the cavities of the host body
(b) Coelozoic parasite (ii) Lives between the cells of the tissue and organs of the host
(c) Histozoic parasite (iii) Lives within the host cells
(d) Hyper parasite (iv) A parasite lives in/on the body of another parasite

The correct answer is:

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A man is walking for a mile. A thorn pricks his leg so suddenly he bows down. At that time he gets sudden sparking pain at his back. This is due to sudden change in the position of back body muscles. Explain it.
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Lack of relaxation between successive stimuli in sustained muscle contraction is known as:
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Identify correct combinations.

  Primary Host Secondary Host Parasite
A Man Culex Wucheraria
B Man Anopheles Plasmodium
C Man Musca Entamoeba
D Man Absent Ascaris
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Which of the following viruses is not transferred through semen of an infected male?