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How does the transmission of each of the following diseases take place? (a) Amoebiasis:(b) Malaria:(c) Ascariasis:(d) Pneumonia: |
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Answer» (a) Amoebiasis is usually transmitted by the following ways: 1. The faecal-oral route. 2. Through contact with dirty hands or objects. 3. By anal-oral contact. 4. Through contaminated food and water. (b) Symptoms of malaria: 1. Fever accompanied by shivering. 2. Joint pain or arthralgia. 3. Vomiting. 4. Anaemia caused due to rupture of RBCs or haemolysis. 5. Haemoglobinuria. (c) 1. Unsafe and unhygienic food and drinks contaminated with the eggs of Ascaris are the main mode of transmission. 2. Eggs hatch inside the intestine of the new host. 3. The larvae pass through various organs and settle as adults in the digestive system. (d) 1. Pneumonia usually spreads by direct person to person contact. 2. It is also spread via droplet infection, i.e. droplets released by infected person. 3. Using clothes and utensils of the patient. |
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