Question

Shivani studies in class l. Her parents come from a backward family and are unaware of the immunization programme. So, she did not get vaccinated properly. Once playing with her friends in the park, she fell down due to weakness and later complained of high fever, headache and stiffness in her neck.
The disease that Shivani was contacted, spreads through–

• A. Mosquito bite
• B. Bite of infected dog
• C. Fecal oral route
• D. Direct contact of an infected person

Answer 1

The correct option is C Fecal oral route

Symptoms described in the statement shows that Shivani is suffering from Polio disease.
Polio disease spreads through polio virus which is contagious in nature. It spreads through fecal-oral route as she might be directly or indirectly in contact with the stool of infected person, droplets from sneeze, or cough of infected person.

So, the correct answer is - fecal oral route.