Description : Which of the following pair of diseases is caused by virus? (a) Rabies, mumps (b) Cholera, tuberculosis (c) Typhoid, tetanus (d) AIDS, syphilis
Last Answer : (a) Rabies, mumps
Description : Which one of the following groups of diseases spreads through mosquito bites among humans? (a) Malaria, filariasis, poliomyelitis (b) Ancylostomiasis, ringworm, dengue fever (c) Dengue fever, viral encephalitis, yellow fever (d) Filariasis, malaria, ascariasis
Last Answer : Ans:(c)
Description : Which of the following diseases usually spreads through air? (1) Plague (2) 'Typhoid (3) Tuberculosis (4) Cholera
Last Answer : (3) Tuberculosis Explanation: Airborne diseases refers to any diseases which are caused by pathogens and transmitted through the air. These viruses and bacteria can be spread through ... some cases, including: Anthrax (inhalational), Chickenpox, Influenza, Measles, Smallpox and Tuberculosis.
Description : Which one of the following diseases is caused by virus? (1) Tuberculosis (2) Typhoid (3) Influenza (4) Diphtheria
Last Answer : (3) Influenza Explanation: Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is an infectious disease caused by an influenza virus. Symptoms can be mild to severe.
Description : Match the lab with the correct set of identified diseases. a. Pasteur: tetanus and tuberculosis b. Koch: anthrax and rabies c. Koch: cholera and tuberculosis d. Pasteur: diphtheria and typhoid
Last Answer : c. Koch: cholera and tuberculosis
Description : Which of the following diseases usually spreads through air ? (1) Plague (2) Typhoid (3) Tuberculosis (4) Cholera
Last Answer : Tuberculosis
Description : Combination therapy with two (or more) antimicrobials is superior to monotherapy with any single effective drug in case of the following diseases except: A. Typhoid fever B. Leprosy C. AIDS D. Subacute bacterial endocarditis
Last Answer : A. Typhoid fever
Description : Pathogens (or pathogenic bacterias) in water may cause A. Typhoid B. Cholera C. Dysentery D. All the above
Last Answer : ANS: D
Description : What is the name of the syndrome of fever, abdominal cramps, and bloody mucoid stools caused by Shigella species? a. Bacterial dysentery b. Typhoid fever c. Pseudomembranous colitis d. HUS
Last Answer : a. Bacterial dysentery
Description : ALL of the following are diseases caused by the adenoviruses except a. Viral pneumonia. b. Acute respiratory disease. c. Parainfluenza. d. Common cold.
Last Answer : c. Parainfluenza.
Description : Which of the following disease is not caused by microbial protein toxin? A.Botulism B.Diphtheria C.Shigella dysentery D.Tuberculosis
Last Answer : D.Tuberculosis
Description : The ________ disease can be prevented by maintaining good personal hygiene. a) cholera b)tuberculosis c)ringworm d)malaria
Last Answer : c)ringworm
Description : Ringworm is a _____ disease. (1) Bacterial (2) Protozoan (3) Viral (4) Fm gal
Last Answer : (4) Fm gal Explanation: Dermatophytosis or ringworm is a clinical condition caused by fungal infection of the skin in humans, pets such as cats, and domesticated animals such as sheep and cattle. ... pets, the fungus responsible for the disease survives in skin and on the outer surface of hairs.
Description : Ringworm is a ....... disease. (1) Bacterial (2) Protozoan (3) Viral (4) Fungal
Last Answer : Fungal
Description : What is commonly known as 'white plague'? (1) Typhoid (2) Malaria (3) Tuberculosis (4) Plague
Last Answer : (3) Tuberculosis Explanation: Tuberculosis was known as the white death and the great white plague during the 19th century. Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). It can occur in any organ of the body but is most well known in the lung.
Description : If an insect that feeds on feces sits on the food you are going to eat, you are most likely to be infected by which disease? (1) Tuberculosis (2) Cholera (3) Typhoid (4) Hepatitis B
Last Answer : (3) Typhoid Explanation: Typhoid is a bacterial infection that can lead to a high fever, diarrhea, and vomiting. It can be fatal. It is caused by the bacteria Salmonella typhi.
Description : Widal test is used for the diagnosis of (a) malaria (b) pneumonia (c) tuberculosis (d) typhoid.
Last Answer : (d) typhoid.
Description : The injection of anti-toxin is given to prevent (1) Tetanus (2) Tuberculosis (3) Typhoid (4) Filariasis
Last Answer : (1) Tetanus
Description : What is commonly known as ‘white plague’? (1) Typhoid (2) Malaria (3) Tuberculosis (4) Plague
Description : Of the following, which is NOT a viral disease? I it: a) Hepatitis b) Chicken Pox c) Tuberculosis d) Rabies
Last Answer : ANSWER: C -- Tuberculosis
Description : Amoebiasis is causing - (1) Dysentery (2) Fever (3) Severe cold (4) Headache and cold
Last Answer : (1) Dysentery Explanation: Amoebiasis refers to infection caused by the amoeba Entamoeba histolytica. Amoebiasis is estimated to cause 70,000 deaths per year worldwide. Symptoms can range from mild ... dysentery with blood and mucus in the stool. E. histolytica is usually a commensal organism.
Description : Amoebiasis is causing (1) Dysentery (2) Fever (3) Severe cold (4) Headache and cold
Last Answer : Dysentery
Description : Which is showing accurate pairing? (a) Syphilis - Treponema pallidum (b) AIDS - Bacillus conjugalis (c) Gonorrhoea - Leishmania donovani (d) Typhoid - Mycobacterium leprae
Last Answer : (a) Syphilis - Treponema pallidum
Description : Widal test is carried out to test (a) malaria (b) diabetes mellitus (c) HIV/AIDS (d) typhoid fever
Last Answer : (d) typhoid fever.
Description : A higher incidence of adverse effects to cotrimoxazole occurs when this drug is used for: A. Typhoid fever B. Whooping cough C. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in AIDS patients D. Chancroid
Last Answer : C. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in AIDS patients
Description : 86. Widal Test is carred out to test (1) Typhoid fever (2) Malaria (3) Diabetes mellitus (4) HIV/AIDS
Last Answer : Typhoid fever
Description : The disease that is caused by virus is (1) Typhoid (2) Cholera (3) Common cold (4) Malaria
Last Answer : (3) Common cold Explanation: The common is a viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract which affects primarily the nose. Over 200 viruses are implicated in the cause of the common cold; the rhinoviruses are the most common.
Description : Housefly spreads – (1) Common cold (2) Malaria (3) Flu (4) Typhoid
Last Answer : (4) Typhoid Explanation: House flies are strongly suspected of transmitting at least 65 diseases to humans, including typhoid fever, dysentery, cholera, poliomyelitis, yaws, anthrax, ... Flies regurgitate and excrete wherever they come to rest and thereby mechanically transmit disease organisms.
Description : The disease that is caused by virus is - (1) Typhoid (2) Cholera (3) Common Cold (4) Tetanus
Last Answer : (3) Common Cold Explanation: Common cold is a viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract which affects primarily the nose. Symptoms include coughing, sore throat, runny nose, and fever ... contracting two to three colds a year and the average child contracting between-six and twelve.
Description : Housefly spreads (1) Common cold (2) Malaria (3) Flu (4) Typhoid
Last Answer : Typhoid
Description : The disease that is caused by virus is (1) Typhoid (2) Cholera (3) Common Cold (4) Tetanus
Last Answer : Common Cold
Description : DPT vaccine is administered to prevent diseases like: (1) Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus (2) Dengue, Pertussis and Typhoid (3) Dengue, Polio and Tetanus (4) Diphtheria, Pertussis and Typhoid
Last Answer : (1) Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus Explanation: DPI' refers to a class of combination vaccines against three infectious diseases in humans: diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus. ... include diphtheria and tetanus toxoid, and killed whole cells of the organism that causes pertussis.
Description : If waste materials contaminate the source of drinking water, which of the following diseases will spread? (1) Scurvy (2) Typhoid (3) Malaria (4) Anaemia
Last Answer : (2) Typhoid
Last Answer : (2) Typhoid Explanation: Typhoid is a systemic infection caused by Salmonella Typhi, usually through ingestion of contaminated food or water. Typhoid is spread by eating or drinking food or water ... with the feces of an infected person. Risk factors include poor sanitation and poor hygiene.
Description : Which of the following diseases is spread through contaminated food? (1) Malaria (2) Tetanus (3) Typhoid (4) Mumps
Last Answer : (3) Typhoid Explanation: Typhoid fever is a disease that is caused by the bacteria Salmonella Typhi. Most people get typhoid fever by eating or drinking food or water that has been contaminated by ... disease, including by those who do not have any symptoms. Person-to-person spread can also occur.
Description : Which of the following sets of diseases is caused by bacteria? (a) Cholera and tetanus (b) Typhoid and smallpox (c) Tetanus and mumps (d) Herpes and influenza
Last Answer : a) Cholera and tetanus
Description : Match the following diseases with the causative organism and select the correct option. Column-I Column-II A. Typhoid (i) Wuchereria B. Pneumonia (ii) Plasmodium C. Filariasis (iii) Salmonella D. Malaria (iv) Haemophilus A B C D (a) (i ... (i) (ii) (c) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv) (d) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
Last Answer : (b) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
Description : One of the most excessive diarrheas of the GI tract is associated with which of the following poisonings or diseases? a. Staphylococcal food poisoning b. Typhoid fever c. Cholera d. Campylobacteriosis
Last Answer : c. Cholera
Description : If waste materials contaminate the source of drinking water, which of the following diseases will spread ? (1) Scurvy (2) Typhoid (3) Malaria (4) Anaemia
Last Answer : Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus
Description : DOTS is a treatment given to patients suffering from – (1) Polio (2) AIDS (3) Hepatitis (4) Tuberculosis
Last Answer : (4) Tuberculosis Explanation: DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Short Course), also known as TBDOTS, is the name given to the tuberculosis control strategy recommended by the World ... curative method for treatment of tuberculosis because of its highly efficient and cost-effective strategy.
Description : 'ELISA' test is employed to diagnose - (1) Polio virus (2) AIDS antibodies (3) Tuberculosis bacterium (4) Cancer
Last Answer : (3) Tuberculosis bacterium Explanation: ELISA is an abbreviation for "enzymelinked immunosorbent assay." An ELISA test uses components of the immune system and chemicals to detect immune responses In the body (for example, to infectious microbes).
Description : Clarithromycin is used for the following: A. Multidrug resistant M.tuberculosis infection B. M.avium complex infection in AIDS patient C. M.tuberculosis infection in a patient who develops jaundice due to first line antitubercular drugs D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’ are correct
Last Answer : B. M.avium complex infection in AIDS patient
Description : Which disease is NOT caused by a bacteria? a) Tetanus b) Tuberculosis c) Leprosy d) AIDS
Last Answer : ANSWER: D -- AIDS
Description : DOTS is a treatment given to patients suffering from (1) Polio (2) AIDS (3) Hepatitis (4) Tuberculosis
Description : ‘ELISA’ test is employed to diagnose : (1) Polio virus (2) AIDS antibodies (3) Tuberculosis bacterium (4) Cancer
Last Answer : Tuberculosis bacterium
Description : Chloramphenicol is particularly effective in the treatment of (a) Diphtheria (b) Tuberculosis (c) Emphysema (d) Rickettsial diseases (e) Streptomyces pyogenes infections
Last Answer : Ans: D