Which of the following is a bacterial disease?

AIDS

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Lock Jaw

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Arthritis

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Sleeping sickness

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Solution

The correct option is C Lock Jaw
Clostridium tetani is the bacterium which is the causative agent of tetanus or the lock jaw disease. The bacterium releases the toxin which affects te nervous system and causes the stiffness of the muscles mostly characterized in the region of the jaw. This causes lock jaw disease in which the person is unable to move the jaw muscles.
Thus, the correct answer is option B.

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