Question

Which of the following is a bacterial disease?
(a)Measles
(b)Smallpox
(c)Rabies
(d)Tuberculosis

Answer 1

Hint: This disease mainly affects the lungs and it spreads from one person to another through tiny droplets released into the air while speaking, coughing or sneezing. About 1.5 million have died because of this disease.

Complete answer:
A disease is an abnormal condition that negatively affects the structure or function of all or any part of an organism, and that is not due to any immediate external injury. Basically affects the functioning of cells, tissues and organs. There are two types of diseases, infectious and non- infectious disease. Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria. Few other symptoms are chronic disease, fever, cough with bloody mucus, and weight loss.
Deficiency of vitamin D has been implicated in activation of tuberculosis. In the USA it was found that a patient suffering from tuberculosis was alive for 16 months. There mainly three types of tuberculosis: Active TB Disease (TB bacteria are rapidly multiplying and invading different organs of the body), Miliary TB (rare form of active disease that occurs when TB bacteria find their way into the bloodstream), and Latent TB Infection.
Antibiotics are taken initially; Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is a vaccine for tuberculosis disease and is often given to infants and small children in countries where TB is common. But BCG does not always protect people from getting TB.
So, the correct answer is 'Tuberculosis'.

Note: -Measles is a viral disease and the symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose, and inflamed eyes. -Rabies is a viral disease, causes inflammation of the brain and is transmitted by an infected animal bite.
-Smallpox is a disease caused by the variola virus and the patient suffers from high fever, prostration, and characteristic rash.