Loss of body weight, persistent cough with blood and sputum of yellowish- green colour are the symptoms of

Tuberculosis.

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Typhoid.

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Hepatitis-B.

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Cholera.

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Solution

The correct option is A Tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis is a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculae. The symptoms include loss of body weight, cough with mucus and blood and the color of the sputum turns to yellowish or green. The disease is transmitted through the air droplets while sneezing and coughing.
Thus, the correct answer is option A.

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