BIOLOGY
JAMB 2009 - Question 37
Biology 2009 JAMB Past Questions - Question 37: I. OnchocerciasisII. SchistosomiasisIII.SalmonellosisIV. Meningitis Which of the diseases listed above are associated with water?
Choose the most appropriate option for the gap .
II. Schistosomiasis
III.Salmonellosis
IV. Meningitis
Which of the diseases listed above are associated with water?
A:
B:
C:
D:
Correct Answer
C
Explanation
Schistosomiasis or Bifharziasis is a disease caused by iongParasitic fiat worm called Bilharzia or Schistosoma. Man gets infected by theworm when he drinks or bathes in water contaminated with cercariae (ting worms)which is an infective stage of man which develops in a secondary host calledwater , snail. Onchocerciasis or River blindness is called by a worm calledOnchocerca. The worm is transmitted to a healthy person through the bite of ablack fly called simulium. The fsies breed near rivers andstreams Salmonellosis is caused bysalmonella species one gets it by taking contaminated food infected meat and milk
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