Q.Complete the following table.
[table: three columns 'Diseases' | 'Causative agent' | 'Site of infections', printed with the Diseases column pre-filled and the other two columns left blank for the candidate to complete —
Mumps | (blank) | (blank)
Chicken pox | (blank) | (blank)
Dengue fever | (blank) | (blank)]
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Mumps, chicken pox and dengue are each caused by a specific virus and target a characteristic site in the body: the parotid glands, the skin, and the blood/vasculature respectively.
Mumps is caused by the mumps virus, a paramyxovirus spread through respiratory droplets, which primarily infects and inflames the parotid (salivary) glands, causing the characteristic painful swelling in front of the ears. Chicken pox (varicella) is caused by the Varicella-zoster virus (a herpesvirus), also spread via respiratory droplets/contact, which infects the skin, producing the disease's hallmark itchy, fluid-filled vesicular rash all over the body. Dengue fever is caused by the Dengue virus (a flavivirus, with four serotypes), transmitted by the bite of an infected female Aedes aegypti mosquito; the virus infects and damages blood vessels and affects platelet-producing cells, leading to the disease's characteristic effects …
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