2) Unscramble the jumbled words underlined in the following statements a) Curbossulite is an air-borne disease caused by a bacterium. b) Hraeclo is a dangerous bacterial disease.
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✳ Your Answer:
➙ Tuberculosis is an air-borne disease.
➙ Cholera is a dangerous bacterial disease
✳ Explanation:
Tuberculosis is caused by bacterium known as Mycobacterium. The general symptoms can be seen due to this disease are cough, fever, sweating, blood in sputum, loss in weight, breathlessness etc. This can spread by air when a healthy person inhale droplets released by infected person. This can be treated by ATT (Anti-Tubercular Therapy). To prevent, BCG vaccine is taken.
Cholera is caused by Vibrio Choleri, again a bacteria. Frequent vomiting and diarrhoea are some symptoms of the disease. We shouldn't consume contaminated food and water in order to prevent cholera. Can be treated by ORS. Food and water should be fresh and uncontaminated. Drinking boiling water and we should be immunized by cholera vaccine.
✳ Explore More!
Although, these bacterial disease are very dangerous, this can be prevented by immunization and Antibiotics .Antibiotics can kill and inhibit the growth of bacteria. First antibiotic was discovered by Alexander Flamming. The first antibiotic was extracted from Penicilium notatum and named Penicilin. They destroy the cell wall building metabolism in bacterias.
✒ Some diseases and their vaccines:
- TAB vaccine - Typhoid
- BCG vaccine - Tuberculosis
- DPT - Diptheria, pertussis and Tetanus
- Small pox vaccine - Small pox
- Polio vaccine - Polio
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