Disease Vectors and Pathogens

Anthrax is caused by bacteria.

Schüffner's dots refers to a hematological finding that is associated with malaria, exclusively found in Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium vivax. Plasmodium vivax induces morphologic alterations in infected host erythrocytes that are visible by light microscopy in Romanovsky-stained blood smears as multiple brick-red dots.

During the Avian Influenza (H5N1) outbreak from November 2008 to May 2009, Assam was the worst affected state with 18 epicenters. West Bengal also had significant outbreaks but fewer epicenters during this specific period. India declared itself free from notifiable Avian Influenza in late 2009 after controlling these outbreaks.

Leeches suck human blood.

This is the correct option. Amoeba disease is caused by protozoan pathogen.

When there are scattered cases of a disease, they are called sporadic. Malaria and cholera are the diseases belong to this category.

Trichomoniasis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the parasite Trichomonas vaginalis. It is sometimes referred to as trich and a common cause of vaginitis.

The female Anopheles mosquito is the biological vector or carrier that transmits Plasmodium vivax, the parasite causing one type of malaria. The mosquito picks up the parasite from an infected human and injects it into a healthy person during feeding.

Plasmodium is a protozoan parasite that causes malaria in humans. Salmonella causes food poisoning, Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes tuberculosis, and Escherichia coli can cause various infections but not malaria.

IgE antibody is effective against parasitic infections.

Nosema apis is a microsporidian that invades the intestinal tracts of adult bees and causes nosema disease, also known as nosemosis. Nosema infection is also associated with black queen cell virus. It is normally only a problem when the bees cannot leave the hive to eliminate waste.

Bunyavirus and Togavirus are transmitted exclusively by arthropods.

Colon cancer is associated with the bacteria Helicobacter pylori, Streptococcus sp. and the helminth Schistosoma japonicum.

Autoimmune diseases are strongly associated with enteroviruses, such as coxsackie B virus.

Giardiasis, popularly known as beaver fever, is a parasitic disease caused by the flagellate protozoan Giardia lamblia.