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Short Answer II · Q8

Q.How does the transmission of each of the following diseases take place?

(a) Amoebiasis
(b) Malaria
(c) Ascariasis
(d) Pneumonia
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Amoebiasis: faeco-oral route. Malaria: female Anopheles mosquito bite. Ascariasis: food/water contaminated with eggs. Pneumonia: direct contact and respiratory droplets

Step 1. Amoebiasis, caused by Entamoeba histolytica, transmits by the faeco-oral route — eating with dirty hands, or consuming food/water contaminated with the parasite's cysts.

Step 2. Malaria, caused by Plasmodium, transmits through the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito, which injects sporozoites into the bloodstream.

Step 3. Ascariasis, caused by Ascaris lumbricoides, transmits mainly through food and drink contaminated with the worm's eggs; the eggs hatch in the intestine and the larvae migrate through the body before settling as adults in the digestive system. …

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