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One of the pandemic diseases is?
1. Filariasis
2. Influenza
3. Hepatitis
4. Amoebic dysentery

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Correct Answer - Option 2 : Influenza

The correct answer is Influenza.

  • Influenza is one of the pandemic diseases.
  • Influenza is a viral infection that attacks your respiratory system i.e. nose, throat and lungs. 
    • It is commonly called flu.
    • Flu is primarily treated with rest and fluid intake to allow the body to fight the infection on its own.
    • An annual vaccine can also help prevent the flu.
  • An influenza pandemic is a global epidemic caused by a new influenza virus to which there is little or no pre-existing immunity in the human population.
    • The most recent pandemic occurred in 2009 and was caused by an influenza A (H1N1) virus.

  • A pandemic is defined as a disease outbreak that has spread across multiple countries and continents and usually impacts many people.
  • Lymphatic filariasis impairs the lymphatic system and can lead to the abnormal enlargement of body parts, causing pain, severe disability and social stigma.
    • It is commonly known as elephantiasis.
  • Hepatitis B is a serious liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus.
    • A virus is an infectious particle that reproduces by taking control of a host cell and using it to make more viruses.
    • They can't reproduce by themselves (without a host)
    • Viruses are not considered living.
    • A virus is made up of a DNA or RNA genome inside a protein shell called a capsid.
  • Amoebiasis or amoebic dysentery is a parasitic infection of the colon with the amoeba Entamoeba histolytica.
    • Amoebae are eukaryotes whose bodies most often consist of a single cell.

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Characteristic

Prokaryote

Eukaryote

Nucleus

Absent

Present

Membrane-bound organelles

Absent

Present

Cell structure

Unicellular

Mostly multicellular; some unicellular

Cell size

Smaller (0.1-5 μm)

Larger (10-100 μm)

Complexity

Simpler

More complex

DNA Form

Circular

Linear

Examples

Bacteria, archaea

Animals, plants, fungi

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