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प्रश्न
Define the following:
Pathogen
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उत्तर १
Pathogen: Disease-causing micro-organism is called a pathogen.
उत्तर २
Pathogen refers to any disease causing organism.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Which one of the following is a degenerative disease?
Put a tick mark (✓) against the correct alternative in the following statement:
Pellagra is one disease caused by the deficiency of:
What are communicable diseases? How can they be avoided?
How can we control spreading of diseases by mosquitoes and houseflies?
Name the following:
A bacterial disease caused due to contaminated water
Name the following:
A disease caused due to Plasmodium
Given below is a crossword puzzle. Read the clues across and clues down, and fill up the blank squares. Check up your performance with the correct solution given at the end.
Clues across
1. Category of pathogen that causes diseases, like common cold and mumps.
5. This is the vaccine for preventing tuberculosis.
6. An organ usually affected by tuberculosis
7. Jumbled spelling of one of the most common insect which visits our exposed foods and contaminates them.
8. Cover this part of your body by a handkerchief while sneezing to prevent droplet infection to others.
9. These may readily grow in your hair, if you do not wash it regularly.
10. A disease that weakens body’s defence system against infections.
Clues down
1. Germ or germ-substance introduced into the body to prevent occurrence of an infectious disease.
2. A disease caused by an infected dog, and which affects the central nervous system.
3. A disease in which the eyes, the skin and the urine turn yellow.
4. The disease pertussis is popularly known as whooping
| 1 V | 2 | U | 3 | 4 | |||
| A | O | ||||||
| 5 B | U | ||||||
| 6 L | G | ||||||
| 7 I | S | F | H | ||||
| 8 | S | I | |||||
| E | 9 | I | C | ||||
| 10 A | D | E |
Find the odd one out, giving reason:
What happens when there is an epidemic of a disease?
Differentiate between Infectious and Non-Infectious diseases.
