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Zorluk: OrtaHuman Physiology, Health, and Diseases

With reference to infectious human diseases and their causative microorganisms, consider the following pairs:

1. Kala-azar — Protozoa
2. Dengue — Bacterium
3. African Sleeping Sickness �� Virus
4. Tuberculosis — Bacterium

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

  1. 1 and 4 onlyCevap
  2. B
    2 and 3 only
  3. C
    1, 2 and 4 only
  4. D
    1, 3 and 4 only

Cevap

1 and 4 only
Pairs 1 and 4 are accurate. Kala-azar is a protozoan disease caused by Leishmania donovani, while Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Dengue is caused by a virus and Sleeping Sickness is caused by a protozoan parasite, making pairs 2 and 3 incorrect.

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1
Analyze pair 1 (Kala-azar — Protozoa)
Correctly matched
Kala-azar (Visceral Leishmaniasis) is caused by protozoan parasites of the species Leishmania donovani transmitted by sandflies.
2
Analyze pair 2 (Dengue — Bacterium)
Incorrectly matched
Dengue is a viral infection caused by the Dengue virus (DENV) transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes.
3
Analyze pair 3 (African Sleeping Sickness — Virus)
Incorrectly matched
African Sleeping Sickness (Human African Trypanosomiasis) is caused by microscopic protozoan parasites of the species Trypanosoma brucei.
4
Analyze pair 4 (Tuberculosis — Bacterium)
Correctly matched
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Anahtar Kavram

Classification of Human Infectious Diseases by Causative Pathogen Types
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