Diseases: Cause and Control — Question 3
Back to all questionsMention whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
(a) Filariasis is transmitted by the housefly.
(b) Malaria is caused by a protozoan.
(c) BCG vaccine is used for chicken pox.
(d) Louis Pasteur discovered a cure for malaria.
(e) AIDS is caused by a bacterium.
(f) HIV is a serious disease, usually fatal.
(g) AIDS is not transmitted by contact with a patient's clothes.
(h) Chicken pox and hepatitis are bacterial diseases.
(i) Goitre is endemic in sub-Himalayan regions of India.
(j) AIDS is caused by a fungus.
(k) Hay fever and asthma are allergies.
(l) Smallpox still occurs in India.
(m) The disease filariasis is caused by the bite of female anopheles mosquito.
(a) False
Corrected Statement — Filariasis is transmitted by Culex Mosquito.
(b) True
(c) False
Corrected Statement — BCG vaccine is used for Tuberculosis.
(d) False
Corrected Statement — Louis Pasteur discovered Anthrax vaccine.
(e) False
Corrected Statement — AIDS is caused by a virus named HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus).
(f) True
(g) True
(h) False
Corrected Statement — Chicken pox and hepatitis are viral diseases.
(i) True
(j) False
Corrected Statement — AIDS is caused by a virus named HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus).
(k) True
(l) False
Corrected Statement — Small pox was eradicated from India in 1979.
(m) False
Corrected Statement — The disease filariasis is caused by the bite of culex mosquito.