Mention if the diseases listed below are correctly matched (True or False). Write the correct alternative for the wrongly matched.
Disease | Agent | T/F | Correct alternative, if wrong |
Malaria | Housefly | …… | ……………… |
Typhoid | Housefly | …. | ………………. |
Cholera | Droplets of air | …… | ………………. |
Tuberculosis | Mosquito | …… | …………….. |
Whooping cough | Air borne | …. | …………….. |
Pneumonia | Houseflies | ….. | ……………. |
Dengue fever | Rat flea | ….. | ……………… |
Disease | Agent | T/F | Correct alternative, if false |
Malaria | Housefly | False | Mosquito |
Typhoid | Housefly | True | - |
Cholera | Droplets of air | False | Houseflies |
Tuberculosis | Mosquito | False | Air borne |
Whooping Cough | Air Borne | True | - |
Pneumonia | Houseflies | False | Airborne |
Dengue Fever | Rat Flea | False | Mosquito |
Explanation: Due to lack of sanitation in many areas, many pathogens (agents) that breed in such unclean environment, cause various diseases. Each pathogen causes a different disease that affects the health of the people staying in or near that contaminated area.
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