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प्रश्न
A patient was hospitalized with fever and chills. Merozoites were observed in her blood. What is your diagnosis?
उत्तर
Appearance of merozoites in a patients blood may be an indication of malarial parasite - plasmodium.
संबंधित प्रश्न
What are the various public health measures, which you would suggest as safeguard against infectious diseases?
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In the following questions/statements has four suggested answers. Rewrite the correct answer
Typhoid is classified as a:
(A) Viral disease
(B) Genetic disorder
(C) Bacterial disease
(D) Protozoan disease
Give one significant difference between Humoral immunity and cell-mediated immunity.
Describe the events in the life cycle of Plasmodium which take place in the female Anopheles.
Mention the causative agent and the preventive measures for the following: Pneumonia.
Answer the following question.
Mention the special adaptations evolved in parasites and why?
Malaria caused by Plasmodium is transmitted through ____________.
Match the pathogens with respective diseases caused by them and select the correct match using the codes given below.
| Column I | Column II |
| I. Leishmania donavani | 1. Malaria |
| II. Wuchereria bancrofti | 2. Amoebiasis |
| III. Trypanosoma gambiense | 3. Kala - azar |
| IV. Entamoeba histolytica | 4. Sleeping sickness |
| 5. Filariasis |
Write the symptoms of filariasis.
Why do you think it is not possible to produce vaccine against 'common cold'?
A person is suffering from a high-grade fever. Which symptoms will help to identify if he/she is suffering from Typhoid, Pneumonia or Malaria?
Flemming's used ______ bacterium culture during the discovery of penicillin.
Pons varolii in human brain lies:
Certain pathogens are tissue/organ specific. Justify the statement with suitable examples.
Given below are the pairs of pathogens and the diseases caused by them. Which out of these is not a matching pair and why?
| (a) | Virus | common cold |
| (b) | Salmonella | typhoid |
| (c) | Microsporum | filariasis |
| (d) | Plasmodium | malaria |
The following table shows certain diseases, their causative organisms and symptoms. Fill the gaps.
| Name of the Disease | Causative organism | Symptoms | |
| (i) | Ascariasis | Ascaris | ______ |
| (ii) | ______ | Trichophyton | Appearance of dry, scaly lesions on various parts of the body |
| (iii) | Typhoid | ______ | High fever, weakness, headache, stomach pain, constipation. |
| (iv) | Pneumonia | Streptococcus pneumoniae | ______ |
| (v) | ______ | Rhino viruses | Nasal congestion and discharge, sorethroat, cough, headache |
| (vi) | Filariasis | ______ | Inflammation in lower limbs |
Ringworm is one of the most common infectious fungal disease in humans. Name any two genera of fungi which cause ringworm.
A patient complains of suffering from constipation, stomach ache, stool with blood clots and excess mucous. The physician diagnosed it as amoebiasis, after stool test.
- Write the scientific name of the microbe identified in the stool sample.
- How do you think, the patient must have contracted it?
- Write your suggestions to the patient to avoid infection in future.
