Q. Which one of the following options gives the correct matching of a disease with its causative organism and mode of infection?
A) Elephantiasis – Wuchereria bancrofti – With infected water and food
B) Malaria – Plasmodium vivax – Bite of male Anopheles mosquito
C) Typhoid – Salmonella typhi – With inspired air
D) Pneumonia – Streptococcus pneumoniae – Droplet infection
Explanation
[Solution from source] Pneumonia is caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (and Haemophilus influenzae) and spreads by droplet infection. Elephantiasis spreads through the bite of the female Culex mosquito, malaria through female (not male) Anopheles, and typhoid through contaminated food and water, not inspired air. Answer (4).
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