Biology 13

അസുഖങ്ങൾ, ചികിത്സ രീതികൾ, രോഗകാരികൾ, പകർച്ചാ രീതികൾ എന്നിവയുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ചോദ്യങ്ങളാണ് ഇന്നത്തെ പാഠത്തിൽ

• Study of diseases

                Pathology

• King of diseases

                Tuberculosis

• Disease spread by rat fleas

                Plague

• Disease caused by bite of mad dog

                Rabies

• Most common infectious disease that affect human

                Common cold (Nasopharyngitis)

• Largest TB burden country

                India

• Uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells is known as

                Cancer

• Study of Cancer

                Oncology

• Diseases caused by bacteria

                Cholera, Tuberculosis, Leprosy, Tetanus, Diphtheria, Typhoid, Plague, Rat fever, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Anthrax, Throat infection, Food poison, Pertussis

• Diseases caused by Virus

                Chickenpox, Common cold, Measles, Polio myelitis, Rabies, Warts, Small pox, Dengue fever, Chikunguniya, SARS, Swine flue, Bird flue, Hand foot and mouth diseases, Mumps

• Diseases caused by Fungus

                Athlete foot, Ring worm, Aspergillosis, Candidiasis

• Diseases caused by genetics

                Haemophilia, Sickle cell anemia, Colour blindness, Huntington Diseases

• Billirubin test is used to detect

                Jaundice

• Diseases caused by Rickettsia

                Typhus

• Scientist who formulated the Germ theory of diseases

                Louis Pasteur

• Examples of life style diseases

                Diabetes, High blood pressure, Obesity, Heart diseases

• Treatment of diseases or disabilities by massaging and excercises is known as

                Physiotherapy

• Bacterial diseases can be treated with

                Antibiotics

• Bacteria were discovered by

                Anton Van Leeuwenhock (Name coined by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg)

• Reproduction of bacteria is mainly by

                Binary fission

• Spherical or oval shaped bacteria are called

                Coccus

• Rod shaped bacteria are called

                Bacillus

• Comma shaped bacteria are called

                Vibrion

• Spherical or oval shaped bacteria are called

                Coccus

• Spiral shaped bacteria are called

                Spirillum

• Virus was discovered by

                Dimitri Ivanovski

• Mushrooms are part of the kingdom

                Fungi

• Antibiotic Penicilion produced from which fungus

                Penicillium notatum

• Yeast belongs to group of fungi

                Ascomycetes

• First outbreak of Ebola occured in

                Sudan (1976)

• The disease Ebola got its name from

                Ebola river (Zair) (Ebola means black river)

• Ebola virus transmitted through 

                Fruit bats

• Medicine approved by WHO against Ebola

                ZMapp

• First country which was declared free from Ebola by WHO is

                Senegal

• Insect spreading African sleeping sickness

                Tse tse fly (Trypanosoma protozoa)

• Insect spreading Leishmaniasis

                Sand fly (Leishmania protozoa)

• Protozoa causing Malaria

                Plasmodium (Spread by Anopheles Mosquito)

• Virus causing AIDS

                HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)

• Country which have largest number of AIDS patients 

                South Africa

• Primary test for identifying AIDS

                ELISA Test (Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay)

• Confirmatory test for AIDS

                Western blot Test

• In world AIDS was first reported in

                USA (1981)

• In India AIDS was first reported in

                Chennai

• In Kerala AIDS was first reported in

                Pathanamthitta

• Treatment of AIDS available through Govt hospitals

                AntiRetroviral Treatment (ART)

• Universal symbol for awareness and support for AIDS patients

                Red Ribon

• H1N1 infection spread through

                Droplet Nuclei

• AIDS stands for

                Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome

• SARS stands for

                Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

• First successful antiviral vaccine was developed for

                Smallpox

• Totally eradicated disease by vaccination from the world

                Smallpox

• Smallpox vaccine was made from

                Vaccinia

• Last case of smallpox in India was reported in

                1975

• Triple vaccine (DPT) was for

                Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus

• Penta vaccine was for

                Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Hepatitis B, Haemophilus Influenzae B

• Which place is known as capital of Ayurveda

                Kottakkal

• Kerala Ayurvedic studies and research society is at

                Kottakkal, Malappuram

• Vaccine used against Chickenpox

                Varicella vaccine

• Vaccine used against Measles, Mumps and Rubella

                MMR Vaccine

• Vaccine used against Polio

                Inactivated Polio vaccine (IPV) and Oral polio vaccine (OPV)

• Vaccine used against Influenza

                HIB vaccine

• Vaccine used against Tuberculosis

                BCG vaccine

• Examples of Air born diseases

                Tuberculosis, Small pox, Measles, Chicken pox, Anthrax, Influenza, SARS, Mumps, Diphtheria, Pertussis

• Examples of Water born diseases

                Cholera, Typhoid, Rat fever, Hepatitis, Polio

• Filariasis spread through

                Culex mosquitos

• Diseases spread by Aedes aegypti

                Chikungunia, Yellow fever, Dengue fever

• SARS was first reported in

                China (In India at Goa)

• Chikungunya was first reported in

                Tansania (In India at Kolkata)

• Bird flue was first reported in

                Hongkong (In India at Nandarbar, Maharashtra)

• Swine flue was first reported in

                Mexico (In India at Hyderabad)

• Dengue fever was first reported in India at

                Kolkata
                                                                          (To be Continued...)