BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE
HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE
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Question
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Which of the following is disease that is not infectious?
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Tinea
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Tuberculosis
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Dengue fever
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cancer
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Cancer is not caused by pathogens and therefore cannot be spread from one person to another so its a non-infectious disease.
Detailed explanation-2: -Secondly, cancer is one of a number of chronic, non-communicable diseases that share common risk factors whose prevention and control would benefit a majority of the world’s population. Thirdly, a proportion of cancers can be attributed to infectious, communicable causal factors (e.g., HPV, HBV, H.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cancer is an acquired non-infectious disease in which abnormal or uncontrolled division of cells occur.
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