Question

Mycobacterium leprae causes leprosy, Corynebacterium diphtheriae causes diphtheria and Vibrio comma causes________.

• A. typhoid
• B. influenza
• C. cholera
• D. tetanus

Answer 1

The correct option is C

cholera

Vibrio comma is a gram-negative, comma-shaped bacterium. Many strains of Vibrio cholerae cause the disease cholera. The cholera bacterium is usually found in water or food sources that have been contaminated by faeces from a person infected with cholera. Cholera is most likely to be found and spread in places with inadequate water treatment, poor sanitation, and inadequate hygiene (water pollution).