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I am a comma-shaped, bacteria and I spread through contaminated water and food. I cause severe diarrhoea and water loss in the infected person. If not properly treated the infected person can be severely dehydrated.

Who am I?


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Female Aedes mosquito

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Male Aedes mosquito

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female Anopheles mosquito

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male Anopheles mosquito

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Solution

The correct option is B

Male Aedes mosquito


Based on the shape, bacterial cells can be cocci (spherical), bacilli (rod-shaped), spirilli (spiral), Vibrio (comma-shaped), etc. Vibrio cholerae is a comma-shaped bacteria which causes cholera.

The major symptom of cholera is severe diarrhoea with subsequent water loss from the body. If the patients are not treated well and their water loss is not compensated, they can suffer from severe dehydration.

Whereas Streptococcus pneumoniae causes pneumonia (infection of the lungs). Plasmodium vivax causes malaria. The bacteriophage is any of a group of viruses that infect bacteria.


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