(c) Write the positive agent of typhoid, malaria, cholera, dysentery and hepatitis.
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Answer:
Typhoid ::Salmonella typhimorium
Malaria::Female Anopheles mosquito
Cholera:vibrio cholera
Hepatitis ::Hepatitis A virus
Dysentery ::Entamoeba histolytica
typhoid:-
Salmonella typhi, the causative agent of typhoid fever, is approximately 50,000 years old.
malaria:-
Infectious agent of malaria. Malaria is caused by parasites of the Plasmodium genus. Four species of Plasmodium can infect humans: P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae and P. falciparum. Infection is most commonly caused by P. vivax or P. falciparum, the latter causing the most severe form of malaria
cholera:-
Cholera is an infectious disease that causes severe watery diarrhea, which can lead to dehydration and even death if untreated. It is caused by eating food or drinking water contaminated with a bacterium called Vibrio cholerae.
dysentery:-
Amoebic dysentery is an intestinal infection caused by a protozoan parasite called Entamoeba histolytica. Infection by Entamoeba histolytica may be asymptomatic. For patients who develop amoebic dysentery, symptoms include fever, chills, diarrhoea, abdominal pain and passing stool with blood and/or mucus, etc.
hepatitis: -
Infectious agent of hepatitis A. Hepatitis A virus (HAV), a hepatovirus from the Picornaviridae family, is the causative agent, primarily through the faecal–oral route.
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