Question
Biology Question on human health and disease
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
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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