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WorksheetsHUMAN DISEASES
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 3mins
An example of a communicable fatal disease is
AIDS
cancer
Rhinitis
Drug abuse
The disease Chikungunya is transmitted by
House flies
Aedes Mosquitoes
Cockroach
Female Anopheles
Plasmodium enter human body as
Sporozoites
Merozoits
gametocytes
A patient suffering from a disease shows the following symptoms: sustained high fever (39-40 degree celcius), intestinal bleeding, red rashes, headache and loss of appetite. Identify the disease.
Typhoid
Pneumonia
Malaria
Ascariasis
While discussing a particular disease, the teacher described the following symptoms found in a patient: fluid filled alveoli, fever, chills, cough, headache, lips and finger nails turning bluish. Which one of the following diseases should the student chose?
Pneumonia
Typhoid
Malaria
Common cold
Study the statements about Filariasis / Elephantiasis. Find the incorrect statement.
Elephantiasis is common name of Lymphatic Filariasis
It is caused by a nematode
The disease is transmitted by house flies
Infection usually occurs in childhood and remains asymptomic
Almost everyone have suffered from Common cold once or many times till date. From the following statement find the incorrect one in this context.
Rhino virus is one of the main causes of common cold
coronavirus, respiratory syncytial virus, influenza and parainfluenza viruses also can cause common cold
common cold and flu are same
An adult may have common cold 2-3 times in a year
What is NOT symptoms of Dengue fever?
Vomiting
High fever
Nose bleeding
Muscle pain
Two examples of diseases that can be transmitted through contact are ringworm and tinea.
True
False
Which way a pathogen can enter the body?
Nose
Injured skin
Mouth
All of the above
Infectious diseases are diseases caused by an organism such as a virus or a bacterium, which is called a:
pathogen
toxicant
pandemic
carcinogen
What is a vector?
pathogen
organism that carries pathogen
type of infectious disease
type of emerging disease
Tuberculosis, Zika fever and tinea are examples of infectious diseases.
True
False
Rat carries pathogen named Salmonella typhi.
True
False
