Multiple choice

Which of the following options is incorrectly matched?

  1. Bacteria – SARS

  2. Virus – AIDS

  3. Bacteria – malaria

  4. Virus – common cold
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C Correct answer
Explanation

SARS is caused by bacteria (i.e. 1 is correct), AIDS is caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (i.e. 2 is correct) and common cold is caused by different kinds of viruses (i.e. 4 is also correct). (1), (2) and (4) are correctly matched, but (3) is incorrect because malaria is caused by a protozoan, i.e. Plasmodium is transmitted by the vector, i.e. female anopheles mosquitoes.

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