Question

Viruses, which cause Hepatitis, is transmitted through:
A) Air
B) Water
C) Food
D) Personal contact
E) Both (B) and (C)

Answer 1

Hint: Viruses (means venom or poisonous fluid) have a unique place in the living world as they are entities sharing the characters of both living and nonliving. These are composed of nucleoproteins. A virus lacks irritability and mortality. It requires a vector from one host to another. Viruses are classified into three types – plant, animal and bacterial viruses.

Complete answer:
Hepatitis is caused by animal viruses (zoophaginae). It is a liver disease. The virus that causes liver inflammation and damage are called virus hepatitis. Hepatitis is spread mainly by food and water contaminated with the hepatitis virus.

There are basically 5 types of hepatitis – Hepatitis (A, B, C. D and E).
Hepatitis A is an acute infectious disease of the liver which affects mainly children and young adults. The transmission of this virus takes place by the faecal-oral route, i.e. through the ingestion of contaminated water, food or milk. Hepatitis E is also transmitted through food, water or milk and it can cause acute disease, short-term infections.

Hepatitis B is an acute and chronic infectious disease and also known as serum hepatitis. The transmission of the virus takes place by the infected blood, inoculation, from mothers to their babies. Hepatitis C and Hepatitis D can cause chronic disease, long-term infections and are transmitted through infected blood and other body fluids.

So, the correct answer is an option (E) Both (B) and (C).

Note: The disease that spreads through the air is called air-borne disease which occurs through the little droplets thrown out by an infected person who sneezes or coughs and standing close by can breathe in these droplets and microbes get a chance to start a new infection. For example- common cold, cough, etc.