Question

Name the following:

A bacterial disease that infects the lungs and is caused by droplet infection.

Answer 1

Pneumonia:

1. Pneumonia is a communicable disease caused by the bacterium Diplococcus pneumoniae.
2. It is characterized by the accumulation of lymph and mucous in the alveoli and bronchioles of the lungs.
3. A person acquires the infection by inhaling droplets released by an infected person.