Question

A health officer visiting two different regions reported the following symptoms in patients:

Region A: Sustained high fever with-stomach pain, constipation and loss of appetite.

Region B: Inflammation in the lower limbs and genital organs.

Name the diseases likely affecting the patients in regions A and B. Write the scientific name of the causative organisms in both the cases.

Answer 1

Region A:

Typhoid (enteric fever) causative organism: Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (Salmonella typhi). This fits sustained high fever with abdominal pain, constipation and loss of appetite.

Region B:

Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) causative organism: Wuchereria bancrofti. This causes inflammation and swelling of lower limbs and genital organs.