Question

Name the following:
(a) Category of pathogen that causes diseases, like common cold and mumps.
(b) The vaccine for preventing tuberculosis.
(c) An organ usually affected by tuberculosis.
(d) A disease that weakens body’s defense system against infections.
(e) Germ of germ-substance introduced into the body to prevent occurrence of an infectious disease.
(f) The vector responsible for transmission of sleeping sickness.
(g) The microorganism that requires a host to produce.
(h) The popular name of the disease Filiariasis.

Answer 1

(a) Category of pathogen that causes diseases, like common cold and mumps -Viruses.
(b) The vaccine for preventing tuberculosis - BCG.
(c) An organ usually affected by tuberculosis. - Lungs.
(d) A disease that weakens body’s defense system against infections - AIDS.
(e) Germ of germ-substance introduced into the body to prevent occurrence of an infectious disease -Vaccine.
(f)The vector responsible for transmission of sleeping sickness.- Tsetse fly.
(g)The microorganism that requires a host to produce- Virus.
(h) The popular name of the disease Filiariasis.- Elephantiasis.