Multiple choice

Which of the following matches is incorrect?

  1. Gull’s disease : Myxoedema

  2. Addison-Biermer’s disease : Pernicious anemia

  3. Hodgkin’s disease : Lymphoma

  4. Riggs' disease : Pyorrhoea

  5. Koch’s disease : Leprosy
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Explanation

Koch’s disease is also known as Tuberculosis (TB) is a potentially fatal contagious disease that can affect almost any part of the body but is mainly an infection of the lungs. It is caused by a bacterial microorganism, the tubercle bacillus or Mycobacterium tuberculosis whereas Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a chronic infection caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis.

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