QUIZ: DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL

1. What is a communicable disease? Give 5 examples of communicable disease.

2. Differentiate these disease-producing organisms:

Virus -

Rickettsia –

Bacteria –

Fungi –

Protozoa –

Worms -

3. Give the role of the following factors in the existence of disease.

Agent facstors –

Host factors –

Environmental factors –
QUIZ: TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
Identify the causative organisms and common means by which the following diseases are
transmitted.

Causative Organism Mode of Transmission

1. Tuberculosis

2. Colds

3. Chicken pox

4. Measles

5. Diphtheria

6. Botulism

7. Cholera

8. Anthrax

9. Rabies

10. Malaria

11. Dengue

12. Plague

13. Filariasis

14. Typhoid fever

15. Trichinosis

16. Mumps

17. Hookworm

18. Dysentery

19. Schistosomiasis

20. Syphilis