Multiple choice

Match the following:

 
Column – I (Disease) Column – II (Pathogen)
A. Whooping cough 1. Mycobacterium leprae
B. Hansen’s disease 2. Yersinia pestis
C. Black death 3. Bordetella pertusis

  1. A - 1, B - 2, C - 3

  2. A - 1, B - 3, C - 2

  3. A - 2, B - 1, C - 3

  4. A - 3, B - 1, C - 2

  5. A - 2, B - 3, C - 1
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D Correct answer
Explanation

This option is correct because whooping cough or pertusis is caused by Bordetella pertusis, Hansen’s disease or leprosy is caused by Mycobacterium leprae and black death or plague is caused by Yersinia pestis.

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