NEET2006ZoologyHuman Health and DiseasesActual
When children play bare footed in pools of dirty water and flood water, they may suffer from disease like
Options
- Aleptospirosis and bilharzia
- Bmalaria, amoebic dysentery and leptospirosis
- Cbilharzia, infective hepatitis and diarrhoea
- Dguinea worm infection, elephantiasis and amoebic dysentery.
Correct answer
A. leptospirosis and bilharzia
Step-by-step solution
Leptospirosis (also known as Weil's disease, canicola fever, canefield fever, nanukayami fever or 7-day fever) is a bacterial zoonotic disease caused by spirochaetes of the genus Leptospira that affects humans and a wide range of animals, including mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles. It was first described by Adolf Weil in 1886 when he reported an "acute infectious disease with enlargement of spleen, jaundice and nephritis.Humans become infected through contact with water, food, or soil containing urine from