human diseases Flashcards
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definition of health according to WHO
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the state of complete physical, mental and social well being without any disease is called health
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what is a disease
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it is a particular abnormal condition that negatively affects any organ of th body or whoke body structurally and funtionally
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what is the study of diseases called
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etiology
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difference between etiology and epidemiology
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etiology is the study of causes of diseases while study of spread of diseases is epidemiology
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what are congenital diseases
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diseases which are present by birth
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what are the two types of acquired diseases
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communicable and non communicable
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important diseases transmitted through contaminated food or water
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important diseases transmitted through contaminated food or water
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important diseases transmitted through contaminated food or water
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important diseases transmitted through contaminated food or water
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code CHAT PADDJ
cholera
hepatitis (a and e)
ascariasis
typhoid
polio
amoebasis
dysentery
diarrhoea
jaundice
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what kind of hepatitis is caused by contaminated food or water
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a and e
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which are the diseases transmitted by touch
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small pox
chicken pox
leprosy
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which touch transmitted diseases has been eradicated from india
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small pox and leprosy
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what is the other name for stds
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venereal diseases
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name few major venereal diseases
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aids
syphilis
genital warts
gonorrhoea
bacterial vaginosis
hepatitis b
leucorrhoea
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which diseases are transmitted by contaminated blood
aids
hepatits b c and d
syphilis
all of these are also stds except hep c and d
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which heptitis is transmitted through contaminated blood
b c and d
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diseases transmitted through louse?
relapsing fever
trench fever
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name the diseases transmitted by flea
typhus fever
plague (black death)
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name the diseases transmitted by houseflies
typhoid, dysentry, diarrhoea, cholera
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diseases transmitted by sandfly
kala azar
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diseases transmitted by tsetse fly
sleeping sickness
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malaria is caused by which mosquito
anopheles
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japanese encephalitis is caused by which mosquito
culex mosquito
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filaria (or lymphatic filarisis) is caused by
culex mosquito
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dengue is caused by
aedes egypti mosquito
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chikungunya is caused by
aedes egypti mosquito
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yellow fever is caused by
aedes egypti mosquito
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zika fever is caused by
aedes egypti mosquito
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name the diseases caused by culex mosquito
japanese encephalitis and faliria
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name the diseases transmitted by aedes agyptii mosquito
dengue
chikungunya
yellow fever
zika fever
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name bacterial diseases
trick LDCP3T4GAS
leprosy
diptheria
cholera
pneumonia
plague
pertussis (whopping cough)
tetanus
tuberculosis
typhoid
trachoma
gonorrhoea
anthrax
syphilis
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name the viral diseases
dengue
chikungunya
AIDS
hepatitis
polio
rabies
chicken pox
small pox
common cold
herpes
influenza
ebola
zika
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name protozoan diseases
trick: KLAMPS
kala azar
leuccorhoea
amoebiasis
malaria
pyrrhoea
sleeping sickness
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name fungal diseases
ring worm
athlete's foot disease
madurai foot disease
aspergillosis (asthma)
baldness
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name worm diseases aka helminthic or parasitic diseases
elephantiasis (filariasis)
dracunculosis
ascariasis
taeniasis
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which worm causes dracunculosis
guinnea worm
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which worm causes ascariasis
round worm
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which worm causes taeniasis
tape worm
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disease: transmitter
polio
food or water
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disease: transmitter
dysentery
food or water
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disease: transmitter
small pox
touch
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disease: transmitter
relapsing fever
louse
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disease: transmitter
aids
std (venereal or contaminated blood)
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disease: transmitter
typhoid
food and water or housefly
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disease: transmitter
cholera
food and water
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disease: transmitter
kala azar
sandfly
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disease: transmitter
hepatitis BCD
contaminated blood
B is std also
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disease: transmitter
hepatitis A and E
food and water
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disease: transmitter
jaundice
food and water
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disease: transmitter
gonorrhoea
std
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disease: transmitter
leprosy
touch
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disease: transmitter
syphilis
std and contaminated blood
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disease: transmitter
trench fever
louse
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disease: transmitter
sleeping sickness
tsetse fly
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disease: transmitter
chikungunya
aedes egypti mosquito
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disease: transmitter
plague aka black death
flea
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disease: transmitter
leucorrhoea
std
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disease: transmitter
ascariasis
food and water
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disease: transmitter
bacterial vaginosis
std
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disease: transmitter
zika fever
aedes egypti mosquito
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disease: transmitter
japanese encephalitis
culex mosquito
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disease: transmitter
diarrhoea
house fly or contaminated food and water
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disease: transmitter
yellow and zika fever
aedes egypti
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disease: transmitter
malaria
anopheles mosquito
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disease: type of
elephantiasis (filariasis)
helminthic
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disease: type of
dengue
viral
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disease: type of
kala azar
protozoan
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leprosy
bacterial
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disease: type of
cholera
bacterial
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disease: type of
chikungunya
viral
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disease: type of
athlete's foot
fungal
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disease: type of
baldness
fungal
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disease: type of
ascariasis
helminthic
round worm
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disease: type of
diptheria
bacterial
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disease: type of
polio
viral
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disease: type of
rabies
viral
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disease: type of
trachoma
bacterial
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disease: type of
aspergillosis
aka asthma is fungal
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disease: type of
taeniasis
helminthic
by tape worm
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disease: type of
aids
viral
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disease: type of
ebola
viral
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disease: type of
herpes
viral
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disease: type of
anthrax
bacterial
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disease: type of
dracunculosis
guinnea worm caused helminthic disease
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disease: type of
ring worm
has name "worm" in it but is fungal
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disease: type of
influenza
viral
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disease: type of
tb
bacterial
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disease: type of
typhoid
bacterial
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disease: type of
tetanus
bacterial
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disease: type of
pertussis
bacterial
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common name for pertussis
whopping cough
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disease: type of
chicken and small pox
viral
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disease: type of
pyrrhoea
protozoan
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disease: type of
plague
bacterial
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disease: type of
malaria
protozoan
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disease: type of
zika
virus
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disease: type of
leuccorhoea
protozoan
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disease: type of
gonorrhoea
bacterial
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disease: type of
amoebiasis
protozoan
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disease: type of
pneumonia
bacterial
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disease: type of
sleeping sickness
protozoan
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disease: type of
madurai foot disease
fungal
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disease: type of
syphilis
bacterian
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disease: type of
common cols
viral
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what is the causative agent of malaria
plasmodium protozoa
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who is the vector for malaria
female anopheles mosquito
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who was sir ronald ross
he discovered that malariais caused by plasmodium and he was awarded nobel prize
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who and when received a nobel prize for discovery of plasmodium as the causative agent for malaria
sir ronald ross in 1902
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which is the most common species which cause malaria
plasmodium vivax
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which is the most dangerous malaria causing plasmodium
plasmodium falcifarum
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how many types of plasmodium protozoa can cause malaria. name them
4
plasmodium...
1. vivax (common)
2. falcifarum(dangerous)
3. malariae
4. ovale
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in how many hosts does plasmodium completes its life cycle
in 2 hosts namely
1. female anopheles mosquito
2. humans
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which host is sexual and which is asexual for plasmodium
sexual phase in female anopheles
asexual in humans
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where is female anopheles is plasmodium hosted
intestine or gut
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where in humans is plasmodium hosted in its 2nd i.e. asexual phase
liver and rbc
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draw the life cycle of plasmodium
add diagram from notes
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which is the infective stage to humans is of plasmodium
sporozoite
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who discovered plasmodium
dr alphonse leveran
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who coined the term "malaria"
culloch
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how can malaria spread be controlled
1 physical way: mosquito nets
2 chemical ways: ddt, aldrin, dialdrin
3. biological ways: birds like duck, flies like dragon fly and fishes like gambusa
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which chemicals are used in prevention of malaria
ddt
aldrin
diadrin
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what are the symptoms of malaria
cold with high fever
anaemia
repetition of fever after an interval
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which test is used to check malaria
MP test i.e. malarial parasite test
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which medicines are used in treatment of malaria
quinines and cloroquinines
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how are quinines and chloroquinines obtained
from the bark of cinchona plant
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what else is a way to treat malaria other than quiniones
artemisin obtained from artemesia plant
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who received a nobel prize for discovery of artemisin as a treatment for malaria
chinese scientist yuyutu
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what is the name of vaccine for malaria
RTS-S aka mosquirix
rapid test and treat sustainably
works against plasmodium falcifarum
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what is the causative agent of african sleeping sickness
trypanosoma
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causative agent of kala azar
leishmania
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causative agent of leucorrhea
trichomonas
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how is trichomonas spread
air
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what is the vector for sleeping sickness
what is the causative agent
tsetse fly
trypanosoma
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what is the vector for kala azar
what is the causative agent
sand fly
leishmania
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what does sleeping sickness affect
nervous system
causes sleep and could lead to death
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what does kala azar affect
blood
it becomes black and skin is affected too
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what happens in leucorrhea
causes white vaginal discharge in females
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what happens in amoebiasis
causes diarrhoea and abdominal pain
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what is the causative agent of amoebiasis
entamoeba histolytica
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what is the vector of amoebiasis
what is the causative agent
through contaminated food and water
entamoeba histolytica
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what is the causative agent of giardiasis
giardia
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what is the vector of giardiasis
this giardia disease is spread by contaminated food and water
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what does giardiasis affects
intestines
causes diarrhoea
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what kind of disease is scabies? what is the common name for it
seven year itching is a fungal disease
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what is the causative agent of scabies
sarcoptes scabei
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what is the mode of transmission for scabies
contact
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hat is affected by scabies
skin
causative agent?
sarcoptes scabei
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what are the causative agents of ring worm
microsporum
trichophyton
dermatophytes
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how does ring worm transmit
contact
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what does the ring worm affects?
what is the causative agent?
skin
microsporum, trichophyton, and dermatophytes
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what is the causative agent of aspergillosis
aaspergillus
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what does aspergillosis affects
lungs
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how is aspergillosis spread?
lungs affecting disease which is spread by air
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what is the causative agent of guinea worm disease
this helminthic disease is caused by dracunculus worm
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vector for guinea worm disease?
contaminated water, with cyclops as a reservoir host
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what is the reservoir host for guinea worm disease
cyclops
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what does guinea worm affects
muscles
causes wounds
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what is the causative agent of filariasis/elephantiasis
filaria or wuchereria
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what is the vector for filariasis
culex mosquito
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what is affected in filariasis
lymph nodes of legs
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what is the other name for filaria
wuchereria
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what is the other name for filariasis
elephantiasis
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what is the causative agent of taeniasis
taenia solium aka tape worm
and
taenia saginata
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what is the mode of transmission for taeniasis
taenia solium agent is in contaminated pork
taenia saginata agent is in contaminated beef
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what does taeniasis affects
muscles
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what is the causative agent of ascariasis
ascaris
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what is the mode of transmission for helminthic disease ascariasis
contaminated food and water
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what is affected in ascariasis
intestine
