Which of the following pair of diseases is caused by virus ?

rabies, mumps

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cholera, tuberculosis

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typhoid, tetanus

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AIDS, syphilis.

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Solution

The correct option is A rabies, mumps
Rabies (hydrophobia) is caused by a virus named as rabies virus. Mumps is an infectious disease causing fever, difficulty in opening the mouth and painful swelling of the parotid glands which lie just below the lobe of the ears. It is caused by a paramyxovirus.

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