Question

Name the causative microbes of the following disease:
a) Malaria
b) AIDS
c) Tuberculosis
d) anthrax
e) Influenza
f) Common cold

Answer 1

Answer:

a)Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax

b)(HIV) Human immunodeficiency virus

c)Mycobacterium tuberculosis

d)Bacillus anthracis

e)Haemophilia influenza

f) Rhinoviruses

Answer 2

a) Malaria is caused by protozoa of the genus Plasmodium.

b) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the causative agent for AIDS

c) Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the organism that is the causative agent for tuberculosis (TB).

d) Anthrax is a serious infectious disease caused by gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria known as Bacillus anthracis.

e) Influenza virus (types A, B and rarely C) is the causative agent.

f) It is the most common infectious disease in humans and is mainly caused by rhinoviruses.