Question 3
How does the transmission of each of the following diseases take place?
How does the transmission of each of the following diseases take place?
(a) Amoebiasis
(b) Malaria
(c) Ascariasis
(d) Pneumonia
Answer
|
|
Disease |
Causative organism |
Mode of transmission |
|
a. |
Amoebiasis |
Entamoeba histolytica |
It is a vector-borne disease that spreads by the means of contaminated food and water. The vector involved in the transmission of this disease is the housefly. |
|
b. |
Malaria |
Plasmodium sp. |
It is a vector-borne disease that spreads by the biting of the female Anopheles mosquito. |
|
c. |
Ascariasis |
Ascaris lumbricoides |
It spreads via contaminated food and water. |
|
d. |
Pneumonia |
Streptococcus pneumoniae |
It spreads by the sputum of an infected person. |
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