How does the transmission of each of the | Class 12 Biology Chapter Human Health and Disease, Human Health and Disease NCERT Solutions

Question: How does the transmission of each of the following diseases take place?
(a) Amoebiasis
(b) Malaria
(c) Ascariasis
(d) Pneumonia
Answer:

 

Disease

Causative organism

Mode of transmission

a.

Amoebiasis

Entamoeba histolytica

It is a vector-borne disease that spreads by the means of contaminated food and water. The vector involved in the transmission of this disease is the housefly.

b.

Malaria

Plasmodium sp.

It is a vector-borne disease that spreads by the biting of the female Anopheles mosquito.

c.

Ascariasis

Ascaris lumbricoides

It spreads via contaminated food and water.

d.

Pneumonia

Streptococcus pneumoniae

It spreads by the sputum of an infected person.

 


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Welcome to the NCERT Solutions for Class 12 Biology - Chapter . This page offers a step-by-step solution to the specific question from Excercise 1 , Question 3: How does the transmission of each of the following diseases take place? (a) Amoebiasis (b) Malaria ....