Vector

Q.

The primary host of malaria parasite is ______.

Q.

Agents like mosquitoes and rat fleas that carry disease-causing organisms are called _________.

1. pathogens

2. microorganisms

3. vectors

4. none of these

Q. Pasteurella/Yersinia pestis (causal agent of Bubonic Plague) is transmitted by

1. Louse/Pediculus
2. Mosquito/Aedes.
3. Bed Bug/Cimex
4. Rat Flea/Xenopsylla

Q.

Match the following type of vaccines with their respective disease

1. Toxoids a) Typhoid

2. Killed Germs b) Measles

3. Living weekend Germs c) Tetanus

1. 1-c, 2-b, 3-a

2. 1-a, 2-b, 3-c

3. 1-c, 2-a, 3-b

4. 1-b, 2-c, 3-a

Q.

Match the following diseases with their vectors. $$\begin{array}{cc}\text{Disease}& \text{Vector}\\ \text{a) Malaria}& \text{i) Flea}\\ \text{b) Dengue}& \text{ii) Tse-tse fly}\\ \text{c) Sleeping sickness}& \text{iii) Aedes mosquito}\\ \text{d) Plague}& \text{iv) Anopheles mosquito}\end{array}$$

1. a-ii, b-iii, c-i, d-iv

2. a-iii, b-ii, c-iv, d-i

3. a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i

4. a-iv, b-ii, c-iii, d-i

Q.

Salk's vaccine is administered to prevent which disease?

1. Typhoid

2. Jaundice

3. Polio

4. None of these

Q.

What does the above diagram represent? ___.

Q.

__ are the organisms that help in the spread of a disease from an infected person to a healthy person by carrying the disease-causing pathogens.

Q.

_________ are the organisms that help in the spread of a disease from an infected person to a healthy person by carrying the disease-causing pathogens.