Question

Mention whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
(a) Filiariasis is transmitted by the housefly.
(b) Malaria is caused by a protozoan.
(c) BCG vaccine is used for chicken pox.
(d) Louis Pasteur discovered a cure for malaria.
(e) AIDS is caused by a bacterium.
(f) HIV is a serious disease, usually fatal.
(g) AIDS is not transmitted by contact with a patient’s clothes.
(h) Chicken pox and hepatitis are bacterial diseases.
(i) Goitre is endemic in sub-Himalayan regions of India.
(j) AIDS is caused by a fungus.
(k) Hay fever and asthma are allergies.
(l) Smallpox still occurs in India.
(m) The disease Filiariasis is caused by the bite of female anopheles mosquito.

Answer 1

(a) The statement is false. Filiariasis is transmitted by Culex mosquito.
(b) The statement is true.
(c) The statement is false. BCG vaccine is used to treat tuberculosis.
(d) The statement is false. Louis Pasteur discovered a cure for rabies.
(e) The statement is false. AIDS is caused by a virus (HIV).
(f) The statement is true.
(g) The statement is true.
(h) The statement is false. They are not bacterial but viral diseases.
(i) The statement is true.
(j) The statement is false. AIDS is caused by a virus (HIV).
(k) The statement is true.
(l) The statement is false. Smallpox has been eliminated from India.
(m) The statement is false. The disease is caused by the filarial worm Wuchereria bancrofti.