Question

The following table shows certain diseases, their causative organisms and symptoms. Fill the gaps.

	Name of the Disease	Causative organism	Symptoms
(i)	Ascariasis	Ascaris	______
(ii)	______	Trichophyton	Appearance of dry, scaly lesions on various parts of the body
(iii)	Typhoid	______	High fever, weakness, headache, stomach pain, constipation.
(iv)	Pneumonia	Streptococcus pneumoniae	______
(v)	______	Rhino viruses	Nasal congestion and discharge, sorethroat, cough, headache
(vi)	Filariasis	______	Inflammation in lower limbs

Answer 1

	Name of the Disease	Causative organism	Symptoms
(i)	Ascariasis	Ascaris	Internal bleeding, muscular pain, fever, anemia and blockage of the intestinal passage
(ii)	Ringworm	Trichophyton	Appearance of dry, scaly lesions on various parts of the body
(iii)	Typhoid	Salmonella typhi	High fever, weakness, headache, stomach pain, constipation.
(iv)	Pneumonia	Streptococcus pneumoniae	Fever, chills, cough and headache
(v)	Common cold	Rhino viruses	Nasal congestion and discharge, sore throat, cough, headache
(vi)	Filariasis	W.bancrofti and W.malayi	Inflammation in lower limbs