Transmission of Diseases
Transmission of Diseases: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Mosquito Bites, Female Anopheles Mosquitoes, Mosquito Larva, Diseases Caused by Housefly, Diseases Spread by Mosquitoes, Breeding of Mosquitoes and, Malaria Transmitting Agent
Important Questions on Transmission of Diseases
Is there any means to reduce the mosquitoes in water?

Where do you find more mosquitoes, in the stagnant water or in the flowing water?

Write the insects spread diseases?

In what seasons do you find more people getting ill with malaria?

Unscramble AIRALAM to answer the question given below:
It is a disease spread through a mosquito bite.

Can you name some more creature other than mosquitoes which suck blood? Do they also spread diseases?

In which season are the mosquitoes mostly found? Think and tell?

Can you find any mosquitoes inside the bottle filled with dirty water?

Can you see a creature similar to the one shown in the above picture in the stagnant water?

Find out the places in your surroundings where mosquitoes are found in plenty?

Name any one disease caused by mosquito bites.

Aren't we responsible for creating favourable situations in our house and surroundings for the growth of mosquitoes?

Examine the picture and write down the situations favourable for the multiplication of mosquitoes.

What are the favourable situations in your place for mosquitoes to lay eggs and multiply?

What are the diseases that can be prevented by destroying mosquitoes? Where do the mosquitoes lay their eggs and multiply?

Are different diseases like chikungunya, dengue fever, filariasis, and diarrhoea spread by the same creature?

Which of the following is wrong?

What could be the reason for the increase in diseases like dengue fever during the rainy season?

Look at some headlines that appear in newspapers.
Will such news come from hygienic places?

Look at some headlines that appear in newspapers.
What is the reason for such news coming up?
