Question

A person is suffering from breathlessness, loss of body weight, persistent cough,
feels tired and produces blood stained sputum.
(a) Name the type/category of disease based on its duration.
(6) Name the disease and its causative agent. Write two effects of this disease on
person's health.
(c) How this disease is transmitted ?
(d) Which body part is attacked by the causative agent/pathogen​

Answer 1

a. Bacterial disease

b. Tuberculosis caused by mycobacterium
Effects:
•Person becomes very weak
•Difficulty in normal breathing

c. Disease is transmitted through infected droplets or fomites.

d. Lungs