Q. Identify the wrongly matched pair.
A) Typhoid - Widal test
B) Plague - Viral disease
C) Malignant malaria - Plasmodium falciparum
D) Common cold - Rhinovirus
Explanation
Plague is a bacterial disease. It is caused by a rod-shaped, non-motile, bacillus, Pasteurella pestis. It is spread through the bit of infected rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopsis) on lower extremities.
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