Question

Which of the following diseases is transmitted through the respiratory tract?

Options

• Gonorrhoea and syphilis

• Anthrax and tetanus

• Cholera and typhoid

• Influenza and measles

Answer 1

Influenza and measles are both transmitted through the respiratory tract via inhalation of droplets or aerosols from infected individuals. These respiratory pathogens have evolved to spread efficiently through respiratory secretions, making airborne transmission their primary mechanism of entering new hosts' bodies through the nasal and oral passages.