The Total solution for NCERT class 6-12
Disease
Causative organism
Mode of transmission
a.
Amoebiasis
Entamoeba histolytica
It is a vector-borne disease that spreads by the means of contaminated food and water. The vector involved in the transmission of this disease is the housefly.
b.
Malaria
Plasmodium sp.
It is a vector-borne disease that spreads by the biting of the female Anopheles mosquito.
c.
Ascariasis
Ascaris lumbricoides
It spreads via contaminated food and water.
d.
Pneumonia
Streptococcus pneumoniae
It spreads by the sputum of an infected person.