MEDICINE MCQ
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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Question
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____ are one-celled organisms that can cause diseases, such as malaria.
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fungi
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protists
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viruses
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bacteria
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Some protozoa are parasites, which means that they need to live on or in another organism (like an animal or plant) to survive. For example, the protozoa that causes malaria grows inside red blood cells, eventually destroying them.
Detailed explanation-2: -Commonly known protozoans include representative dinoflagellates, amoebas, paramecia, and the malaria-causing Plasmodium.
Detailed explanation-3: -Some severe diseases of humans caused by protists (primarily blood parasites) are Malaria, Trypanosomiasis (African sleeping sickness), Leishmaniasis, Toxoplasmosis, and Amoebic dysentery. 5.
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