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Question:

Which one of the following options gives the correct matching of a disease with its causative organism and mode of infection?

Elephantiasis - Wuchereria bancrofti - infected water and food

Malaria - Plasmodium vivax - bite of male anopheles mosquito

Typhoid - Salmonella typhi - with inspired air

Pneumonia - Sreptococcus pneumoniae - droplet infection

Solution:

The correct option is D. Pneumonia - Streptococcus pneumoniae - droplet infection.

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a gram-positive coccus. Pneumococcal pneumonia is caused by bacteria called Streptococcus pneumoniae. The route by which this organism is spread from human to human is in the form of aerosol droplets.