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  1. Algal
  2. Bacterial
  3. Protozoan
  4. Viral
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Option 2 : Bacterial

The correct answer is Bacterial.

Concept:

  • Illness/Diseases: It is a state of experience by the body when one or more of the control systems of the body are not functioning normally.  
    • Communicable disease: The diseases which are infectious or transmissible from a body to body through biological agents in humans and animals. Ex- Influenza, Ebola, Covid-19, etc.
    • Non-communicable disease: The disease that is not transmissible directly from one person to another through biological agents, Ex- Astana, Diabetes, etc.

Explanation:

Cholera:

  • It is a bacterial disease.
  • Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholera.

Typhoid: 

  • It is another disease that gets transmitted by drinking contaminated water that carries ‘Salmonellae Typhi bacteria’.

Disease-causing microorganisms are called pathogens.

Pathogen

Disease

Protozoa

Malaria
Bacteria Cholera
Typhoid
Tuberculosis
Plague
Fungi Ringworm
Tinea
Virus AIDS
Common Cold
Hepatitis B
Polio
Dengue Fever

 

Virus: A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism. Viruses can infect all types of life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria. 

Bacteria: It is a type of biological cell, which constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Bacteria are microscopic living organisms, usually one-celled, that can be found everywhere.

Some common communicable diseases are:

Name of Disease Mode of Spread
Cholera Food and water
Typhoid Food and water
Hepatitis (Jaundice) Food and water
Influenza (Flu) Air to air
Tuberculosis (T.B) Air to air
Malaria Mosquito
Tetanus Bite or wound exposed to dust or Iron
Polio Food and water
Swine Flu Air to Air
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