Question

Name the organs of the body where the following microbes attack
a) HIV virus
b) Malaria causing microbes
c) Virus causing japanese encephalities

Answer 1

a) HIV attacks white blood cells of the immune system, specifically T-lymphocytes.

b) Malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes and first reproduces in the liver of the human host, before infecting and rupturing red blood cells.

c) Japanese encephalitis is also transmitted by mosquitoes, and causes inflammation of the brain.