Question

Differentiate between deficiency diseases and those caused by microorganisms.

Answer 1

Deficiency disease:

1. Deficiency diseases are characterized by the lack of nutrients and dietary elements such as vitamins and minerals in the body.

Pathogens:

1. Pathogens are the type of microorganisms that cause disease in their hosts. Different pathogens are viruses, bacteria, fungus, and protozoa.

	Deficiency diseases	Diseases caused by microorganisms
1.	The lack of nutrients and dietary elements in the body leads to deficiency diseases.	A microbe enters the body of the host organism and multiplies within the cell.
2.	They are caused by the lack of nutrients for a long time.	Diseases spread within days as soon as pathogen enters into the body.
3.	For example, scurvy, beriberi, goitre, anaemia, etc.	For example, common cold, typhoid, AIDs, malaria, etc.