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Question Question 1
Fill in the blanks numbered 1-6 in the following table and then answer the questions that follow.
| Disease | Type of pathogen | Caused by |
|---|---|---|
| Sleeping sickness | 1 | Caused by Trypanosoma |
| 2 | Virus | Spread through the bite of the mosquito Aedes aegypti |
| AIDS | 3 | 4 |
| Amoebic dysentery | 5 | 6 |
- Which of the above diseases can be controlled by mosquito control?
- In which of the above diseases does body lose its power to fight against diseases?
| Disease | Type of pathogen | Caused by |
|---|---|---|
| Sleeping sickness | Protozoan (1) | Caused by Trypanosoma |
| Dengue (2) | Virus | Spread through the bite of the mosquito Aedes aegypti |
| AIDS | Virus (3) | Caused by HIV virus that spreads through sexual contact, blood transfusion, etc. (4) |
| Amoebic dysentery | Protozoan (5) | Caused by Entamoeba and spreads through food contaminated by housefly (6) |
- Dengue can be controlled by mosquito control.
- In AIDS, body loses its power to fight against diseases.