MCQ IN MEDICINE

Detailed explanation-1: -Communicable diseases, also known as infectious diseases or transmissible diseases, are illnesses that result from the infection, presence and growth of pathogenic (capable of causing disease) biologic agents in an individual human or other animal host.

Detailed explanation-2: -Some examples of the communicable disease include HIV, hepatitis A, B and C, measles, salmonella, measles, and blood-borne illnesses. Most common forms of spread include fecal-oral, food, sexual intercourse, insect bites, contact with contaminated fomites, droplets, or skin contact.

Detailed explanation-3: -Infectious diseases are caused by microbes, which can move from one person to another in different ways. As these diseases can be communicated from one person to another, therefore they are called communicable diseases.