Question

If you keep the sanitary system around yourself then the disease that will not most probably break out is?
A) Cholera
B) Malaria
C) Beri-beri
D) Scurvy

Answer 1

Hint: This disease is transmitted only by humans. It is transmitted by contaminated food and water, adequate sewage treatment, and lack of water treatment and is caused by bacteria I.e., comma-shaped, gram-negative aerobic or facultative anaerobes.


Complete step-by-step answer:

Plasmodium, a tiny protozoan is responsible for malaria. Different species of malaria are responsible for different types of malaria. Of all of these malignant malaria is the most serious one which caused deaths and is caused by plasmodium falciparum.
Scurvy is caused due to deficiency of vitamin-C which is responsible for collagen formation.
Beri-Beri is caused due to deficiency of vitamin B1 also called thiamin. Beriberi is usually caused by drinking alcohol in excess and not taking a proper diet. Vitamin B1 is needed to break down and digest the foods you eat, to keep your metabolism going, and to help muscles and the nervous system to do the job effectively.
Cholera is caused by the bacteria Vibrio cholerae. Its symptoms include abdominal muscle cramps, vomiting fever, and watery diarrhea. It is caused by ingesting food or water contaminated by fecal material from patients or carriers. It can be cured by oral rehydration therapy with NAC plus gucose tetracyclines, and ciprofloxacin.

Therefore the correct answer is Option A.

Note: Bacteria causing cholera has an incubation period of a few hours to 5 days. A shorter incubation period is known for high gastric pH (from the use of antacids).