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Chancroid disease occurs due to infection of

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Troponema
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Human alpha herps virus
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Hemophilus
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Neisseria
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Solution

The correct option is C Hemophilus
Treponema pallidum causes syphilis (hard chancre). Human alpha herpesvirus causes herpes progenitalis. Chancroid (soft chancre) is a sexually transmitted disease caused by bacterium Haemophilus ducreyi. In this infection, ulcers appear over the external genitalia which is painful and bleeding with swelling of nearby lymph nodes. It is a highly contagious but curable disease. Neisseria species causes meningitis and gonorrhea.
Thus, the correct answer is option C.

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