Find the correct statement (True / False):

i) Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria.

ii) Typhoid is caused by Trichophyton fungi.

iii) Malaria is caused by Plasmodium vivax.

iv) Influenza is caused by Entamoeba histolytica protozoan.

In the manufacturing of anti-venom injection against snake bite, antibodies produced in the horse are being used. Mention the type of immunity involved.

Say whether each of the following diseases is a metabolic disorder, a genetic disorder or a nutritional deficiency disease.

i) thalassemia

ii) beriberi

iii) diabetes mellitus

iv) bubble boy syndrome

v) scurvy

vi) marasmus

vii) obesity

viii) Alzheimer’s disease

ix) nyctalopia

x) haemophilia

Malarial fever is not caused in a person immediately after introducing the sporozoites by an infected anopheles mosquito. Why?

Name the stages of Plasmodium.

i) introduced by an infected Anopheles mosquito.

ii) picked up by Anopheles mosquito from an infected human being.