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Question 11 Mark
Write short $(2-3$ sentences$)$ note on vector.
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A vector is an organism that carries disease causing microbes $($pathogens$)$ from one host to another. They are the carriers of infection. Example: Mosquito, housefly, etc.
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Question 21 Mark
Write short $(2-3$ sentences$)$ note on vaccination.
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Vaccination is a method of making the body immune to a particular disease by injecting killed or weakened disease causing microbe into a body to stimulate the formation of antibodies and develop immunity to that disease causing microbe.
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Question 81 Mark
Public hygiene is equally important as personal hygiene. Give reasons.
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Keeping oneself clean is personal hygiene. But public hygiene is equally important as dirty surrounding may lead to more of houseflies, mosquitoes and other insects which are major vectors of many communicable diseases. Clean surrounding also provides good mental health as it soothes our mind.
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Question 91 Mark
How can we control spreading of diseases by mosquitoes and houseflies ?
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We can control spreading of diseases by mosquitoes and houseflies by using repellants, throwing garbage in covered bins, avoiding stagnation of water and checking breeding of these insects.
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Question 101 Mark
What is a non$-$communicable disease ?
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The diseases which are caused due to improper functioning of the body organs e.g. diabetes, heart attack. They are not caused by germs and not transmitted from one to another.
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