Question

Choose the correctly matched pair from the following.

(a) Gonorrhoea, hepatitis B - sexually transmitted diseases

(b) AIDS, gononhoea - viral infection

(c) Diphtheria, ringworm - fungal infection

(d) Diphtheria. tuberculosis - protozoan infection

Answer 1

Correct option (a) Gonorrhoea, hepatitis B - sexually transmitted diseases

Explanation :

AIDS is caused by HIV virus. Gonorrhoea is caused by bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Diphtheria is caused by bacteria Corynebacterium diphtheria. Ringworm disease is caused by fungus Trichophytom, Epidermophyton and Microsporum. Tuber-culosis is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis.