Question

A. Name the following:
1. Diseases which spread from person to person due to pathogens.
2. A disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.
3. A bacterial disease which results in locking of the jaw.
4. A viral disease spread by the bite of a rabid dog.
5. A disease spread by the bite of a female anopheles mosquito.
6. A disease caused due to the deficiency of vitamin C.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1) common cold , flu , chicken pox , measles

2) A bacterium called Vibrio cholerae causes cholera infection.

3)Tetanus is an infection caused by bacteria called Clostridium tetani.When the bacteria invade the body, they produce a poison (toxin) that causes painful muscle contractions. Another name for tetanus is “lockjaw”. It often causes a person's neck and jaw muscles to lock, making it hard to open the mouth or swallow.

4)Rabies, also called hydrophobia or lyssa, acute, ordinarily fatal, viral disease of the central nervous system that is usually spread among domestic dogs and wild carnivorous animals by a bite. All warm-blooded animals, including humans, are susceptible to rabies infection.

5) malaria

6) scurvy

Answer 2

1) common cold

meningitis

warts, including genital warts

oral and genital herpes

HIV and Aids

2)A bacterium called Vibrio cholerae causes cholera infection

3)Tetanus is an infection caused by bacteria called Clostridium tetani.

4)Rabies, also called hydrophobia or lyssa, acute, ordinarily fatal, viral disease of the central nervous system that is usually spread among domestic dogs and wild carnivorous animals by a bite

5)The plasmodium parasite is spread by female Anopheles mosquitoes, which are known as "night-biting" mosquitoes

6)Scurvy happens when there is a lack of vitamin C, or ascorbic acid. The deficiency leads to symptoms of weakness, anemia, gum disease, and skin problems.