Question

Fill in the blanks

(a) Many skin diseases are caused by___.
(b) Living organisms carrying the infecting agents from one person to another are called ____.

Answer 1

(a) Fungi

Fungi usually make their homes in moist areas of the body where skin surfaces meet: between the toes, in the genital area, and under the breasts.

(b) Vectors

Infections are caused by infectious agents including viruses, viroids, bacteria, nematodes such as parasitic roundworms and pinworms, arthropods such as ticks, mites, fleas, and lice, fungi such as ringworm, and other macroparasites such as tapeworms and other helminths.