Disease
Disease: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Health, Disease, Communicable Diseases, Human Health and Disease, Non-communicable Diseases, Acquired Diseases, Congenital Diseases and, Classification of Communicable Disease
Important Questions on Disease
The diseases in which inflammation of cornea occurs because of high doses of UV-B, is called:
A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being is termed as
A healthy individual has how much amount of haemoglobin in of blood?
AIDS, common cold, dengue fever and influenza are examples of __________.
Which of the following diseases is caused by various pathogenic microorganisms?
On the basis of mode of transmission how communicable disease are classified ?
What are the methods of classification of communicable diseases?
Why are infectious diseases called communicable diseases ?
The disease chikungunya is transmitted by
Which of the following is an incorrect statement?
Among the noninfectious diseases, the major cause of death is
Identify the wrong match of the disease with its corresponding vector:
| Disease | Vector | |
| (1) | Kala-azar | Phlebotomus (sandfly) |
| (2) | Sleeping sickness | Glossina palpalis (Tsetse fly) |
| (3) | Plague | Pasteurella pestis |
| (4) | Chagas disease | Triatoma (bug) |
Examples of diseases related to lifestyle include all, EXCEPT
Small pox, herpes, crown gall tumour, cretinism, curling, influenza, AIDS, mumps and chlorosis are various diseases or symptoms of a disease. Out of these, how many belong to animal and plants, respectively?
I. William Harvey disproved the 'good humor' hypothesis of health.
II. Health can be defined as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being.
III. Among non-infectious diseases, cancer is the major cause of death.
IV. Many genera like Microsporum, Trichophyton and Epidermophyton are responsible for ringworms which is one of the most common infectious enteric diseases in man.
How many of the given statements are incorrect?
