Question

A person is suffering from chest pain, breathlessness, loss of body weight, persistent cough and produce blood stained sputum.
A) Name the disease and its causative agent.
B) Mention two means of its transmission.
C) Name the vaccine used to prevent this disease.
D) Who discovered the causative agent of disease?

Answer 1

A. he is suffering from TB that is Tuberculosis and the causative agent is mycobacterium tuberculosis.
B. it can be transmitted by sneezing..... and by physical contact like kissing
C. Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is a vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) disease.
D. Robert Koch

Answer 2

If a person is suffering from chest pain, breathlessness, loss of body weight, persistent cough and produces blood stained sputum, then he/she is likely to suffer from Tuberculosis.

Causative agent: Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Modes of transmission: Through air, dust or the sputum of an infected person

Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is a vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) disease.

Robert Koch