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Mention two diseases that spread through sexual contact.

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PRADEEP-HEALTH AND DISEASES-B.Short Answer Questions
  1. Following are the names of few vectors. Name the diseases whose causat...

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  2. Name any two ways through which infectious diseases spread?

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  3. Mention two diseases that spread through sexual contact.

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  4. Name two diseases that spread through water.

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  5. What kind of effects chronic diseases have on our health ?

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  6. Name two common vaccines given to children below 5 year of age.

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  7. Write down the modes of transmission of tuberculosis.

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  8. Name two modes of transmission of AIDS.

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  9. After eating food, number of people complained of nausea, vomiting, ab...

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  10. Name the plant and its part which is used to extract important antimal...

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  11. Name two symptoms of tuberculosis of lungs.

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  12. Give any two ways by which diarrhoea can be controlled.

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  13. Give alternative name of rabies disease. Name one animal which spreads...

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  14. Name the viral disease which is about to be completely irradicated fro...

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  15. Name any two viral diseases which commonly occur in infants/children.

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  16. Name any two diseases which occur due to mosquito bites.

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  17. Pectic ulcers cause acidity-related pain and bleeding in the stomach a...

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  18. What is vaccination ? Who gave this idea ?

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  19. Give two general ways of prevention of infectious diseases.

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  20. Give differences between symptoms and signs of disease(s).

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