Spreading of Communicable Disease


 
 
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Spreading of Communicable Disease

Spreading of Communicable Diseases: Communicable diseases are those which get transferred from one person to another or one animal to a person or another animal by means of any contamination.

  • Through air: The disease spread through sneezing or coughing through water droplets. E.g. - Common cold, tuberculosis.
  • Through water: It can spread through consuming contaminated water, open defecation etc. E.g.- Cholera, Typhoid
  • Sexual contact: Diseases spread through sexual contact or exchange of body fluids. E.g. - Syphilis, AIDS.
  • Through vectors: Animals like flies and mosquitoes carry infecting agent from sick person to healthy person. E.g.-Rabies, Malaria
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    Question : 1

    Which of the following is a bacterial disease  ?

    Right Option : A
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    Question : 2

    Which of the following diseases can be controlled by avoiding contact with contaminated water, patient and his excreta?

    Right Option : D
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    Question : 3

    Which of the following are the communicable disease ?

    Right Option : D
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