Name that Pathogen Quiz
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When I infect a person, the person may only develop symptoms years later.
A. TB
B. HIV/AIDS
C. Cholera
D. Malaria
I am caused by the human immunodeficiency virus
A. TB
B. HIV/AIDS
C. Cholera
D. Malaria
Treatment for me include:
Oral rehydration therapy (to maintain osmotic balance of the blood and tissue fluids)
A. TB
B. HIV/AIDS
C. Cholera
D. Malaria
I do my job by the infection and destruction of the cell’s body immune system (T-helper cells, macrophages and brain cells)
A. TB
B. HIV/AIDS
C. Cholera
D. Malaria
I will spread to another person if the infected person sneezes and a healthy person inhale that air with the droplets which contains the bacteria.
A. TB
B. HIV/AIDS
C. Cholera
D. Malaria
I am caused by Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae
A. TB
B. HIV/AIDS
C. Cholera
D. Malaria
My vector is a mosquito
A. TB
B. HIV/AIDS
C. Cholera
D. Malaria
My site of action is in the liver, red blood cells and brain
A. TB
B. HIV/AIDS
C. Cholera
D. Malaria
I am transmitted through airborne droplets.
A. TB
B. HIV/AIDS
C. Cholera
D. Malaria
I can be prevented if people ensure basic hygiene including washing their hands before handling food or cooking utensils.
A. TB
B. HIV/AIDS
C. Cholera
D. Malaria
I infect the lungs (primary infections); lymph nodes, bones and gut (secondary infections)
A. TB
B. HIV/AIDS
C. Cholera
D. Malaria
I cause fever, anaemia, nausea, headaches, muscle pain, shivering, sweating, enlarged spleen.
A. TB
B. HIV/AIDS
C. Cholera
D. Malaria
My symptoms include rocking cough, coughing blood, chect pain, shortness of breath, fever, sweating, weight loss
A. TB
B. HIV/AIDS
C. Cholera
D. Malaria
I am transmitted in semen and vaginal fluids during sexual intercourse, infected blood or blood products, contaminated hypodermic syringes, mother to foetus across placenta, at birth, mother to infant in breast milk
A. TB
B. HIV/AIDS
C. Cholera
D. Malaria
I can be treated with quinine and chloroquine
A. TB
B. HIV/AIDS
C. Cholera
D. Malaria