Question

Question 4
Which one of the following disease is caused by bacteria?

(a) Typhoid
(b) Anthrax
(c) Tuberculosis
(d) Malaria

Answer 1

(a),(b) and (c) are caused by bacteria.

(a) Typhoid fever is an acute illness associated with fever caused by the Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi bacteria.
(b) Anthrax is an infection that is caused by the bacteria Bacillus anthracis.
(c) Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a type of bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by a parasitic protozoan (a group of single-celled microorganism ) belonging to the genus Plasmodium.