Infectious Diseases
Infectious Diseases: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Disease, Influenza, Contributions of John Snow & Contributions of Robert Koch etc.
Important Questions on Infectious Diseases
A chemical substance or compound used to inactive microbes on inert surfaces is called a disinfectant.


Moving sewage away from people help to prevent cholera.

What is Athlete’s foot disease? How does it occur?

How can we say that public hygiene is equally important as personal hygiene?


Name the three bacterial disease the Koch investigated.

Explain John Snow contribution in preventing cholera.


The act of recognising a disease from its signs and symptoms is called diagnosis.

What is the function of antiseptics?

Which of the following is not an airborne disease?

The disease chikungunya is transmitted by


Give one word for the germ-substance introduced into the body to prevent the occurrence of an infectious disease.

Disease is a condition in which:

An anti rabies injection should be taken when we get cuts and wounds.

What is formed in the human body as a result of vaccination?

An example of infectious disease is

Given alongside is a table showing some important vaccines, which is usually given to a child from its birth to five years. Find out the age when it was given to you and the name of the disease it prevents. You can take your parent's help or find it out yourself from your vaccination card.
Vaccine | Age | Disease it protected |
DT | ||
DPT, Polio | ||
Measles | ||
Hepatitis B | ||
MMR |
