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Identify the wrongly matched pair:


A

Malignant malaria – Plasmodium falciparum

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Plague – Viral disease

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Trichophyton – Ringworm

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Common cold – Rhinovirus

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Solution

The correct option is B

Plague – Viral disease


Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by the protozoan Plasmodium. There are different types of malaria, of which malignant malaria is caused by the species Plasmodium falciparum. Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Ringworm is a fungal infection caused by fungal species like Trichoderma, Trichophyton, etc. Rhinoviruses are the smallest known viruses and cause common cold.

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