Air-borne, Water-borne and Vector-borne Diseases
Air-borne, Water-borne and Vector-borne Diseases: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Typhoid, Chicken Pox, Tuberculosis, Dengue, Measles, Mumps, Malaria, Diphtheria, Influenza, Diarrhoea, Hepatitis A, Cholera, Plasmodium, Poliomyelitis, Common Cold, Whooping Cough and, Airborne Diseases
Important Questions on Air-borne, Water-borne and Vector-borne Diseases
How malaria is spread and name its causative agents.
Edu-fact: In , 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.
Chickenpox is a common childhood disease. Chickenpox begins with a fever, followed in a day or two by a rash that can be very itchy.
Study the above diagram:
Identify the disease and describe it in your own words. (Maximum limit: 190 words)
Edu-fact: Egyptian mummies have been found with withered and malformed limbs that likely occurred because of polio infection.
Identify correct statement related to Polio:
Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious viral disease that largely affects children under years of age. Satti was only a few months old when one of her legs was affected by polio. State the symptoms of Polio.
The poliovirus spreads most often from faecal-oral contact.
Fact: Researchers estimate that about million cases of acute diarrhoea occur in the United States each year.
State some preventive and control measures for Acute Diarrhoea.
Having lumpy or hard stools is one of the symptom of Acute Diarrhoea.
(Choose the correct answer)
Few ways of preventing mosquitoes from breeding:
Gambusia affinis can be placed in decorative ponds and other large container habitats to prey on mosquito larvae and effectively prevent mosquito development.
Whooping cough is non-communicable disease.
Mention the mode of transmission in the whooping cough.
Name the causative microorganisms of whooping cough.
Which of the following disease/s is/are caused by virus?
Dengue is caused by mosquitoes.
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| Name of the disease | How transmitted | Responsible germ | Means to avoid the disease |
Carriers of specific microorganisms are called _____.
A person is suffering from cough and breathlessness. Which vital organ of his body might be affected?
Chickenpox is a communicable disease.
