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Edu-fact: In 1875, Rudolf Steiner demonstrated that chickenpox was caused by an infectious agent by inoculating volunteers with the vesicular fluid from a patient with acute varicella.
Chickenpox is usually acquired by the _____ of airborne respiratory droplets from an infected host.

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Important Questions on World of Microbes

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The common cold is mostly caused by Rhinoviruses. Which of the following treatments will provide the best cure for this infectious agent?

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Name the disease caused by the following organism:

Rhino virus

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An example of water-borne disease is
(scabies, dracunculiasis, trachoma, cholera)
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Draw a well-labelled diagram to show replication of HIV in human cells. 

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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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Identify the name of the following disease the child is suffering from. (Jaundice/Measles/Goitre)

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In which one of the following pairs of diseases, both are caused by viruses?
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Which one of the following diseases is caused by viruses?
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Unscramble the word XOPENKCIHC using the hint given below:

It is a disease that spread through air.

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Which of the following diseases can cause a pandemic?
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Which of the following is a carrier of 'dengue fever'?
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In polio patients, the legs get atrophied and paralysed due to :-
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Represent the union of two sets by Venn diagram for each of the following.

X={x | x is a prime number between 80 and 100}

Y={y | y is an odd number between 90 and 100}

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Which of the following options gives the incorrect matching of a disease with its causative organism and mode of infection?

  Disease Causative organism Mode of infection
(1) Mumps Paramyxovirus Droplet infection
(2) Measles Rubeola virus Droplet infection
(3) Chickenpox Varicella zoster Faecal-oral route
(4) Dengue fever Arbovirus Bite of Aedes mosquito