Identify the wrongly matched pair.
(A) Typhoid – Widal test
(B) Plague – Viral disease
(C) Malignant malaria – Plasmodium falciparum
(D) Common cold – Rhinovirus

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The correct option is B B
Plague is a bacterial disease not a viral disease, caused by a rod-shaped, non-motile, bacillus Pasteurella pestis. It is spread through the bite of infected rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopsis-vector).

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Identify the wrongly matched pair. (A) Typhoid – Widal test (B) Plague – Viral disease (C) Malignant malaria – Plasmodium falciparum (D) Common cold – Rhinovirus

The correct option is B BPlague is a bacterial disease not a viral disease, caused by a rod-shaped, non-motile, bacillus Pasteurella pestis. It is spread through the bite of infected rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopsis-vector).

Identify the wrongly matched pair.
(A) Typhoid – Widal test
(B) Plague – Viral disease
(C) Malignant malaria – Plasmodium falciparum
(D) Common cold – Rhinovirus

The correct option is B B
Plague is a bacterial disease not a viral disease, caused by a rod-shaped, non-motile, bacillus Pasteurella pestis. It is spread through the bite of infected rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopsis-vector).