TRUE OR FALSE Directions: Read the following statements below carefully. Write I if the statement is TRUE and F if it is FALSE. Write the correct answer on the space provided before the number. 1. Malaria is acquired when you drink contaminated water. 2. Tuberculosis is caused by water-borne bacteria. 3. Dengue is transmitted through the bite of an infected male aedes mosquito. 4. Cholera is caused by vibrio cholera. 5. Dengue, malaria and filariasis are transmitted through the bite of mosquito. OF

MALARIA IS A DISEASE CAUSED BY PARASITE, AND CAN ONLY REPRODUCE IN BLOOD THEREFORE YOU CAN'T CATCH IT FROM DRINKING CONTAMINATED WATER. HOWEVER, CONTAMINATED WATER CAN CARRY DANGEROUS DISEASE SUCH AS TYPHOID.

TUBERCULOSIS IS CAUSED BY BACTERIA CALLED MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS. TUBERCULOSIS IS PRIMARILY AN AIRBORNE DISEASE THAT CAN SPREAD PERSON-TO-PERSON THROUGH THE AIR. SO NO, TUBERCULOSIS IS NOT CAUSED BY WATER-BORNE BACTERIA.

INFECTED AEDES SPECIES MOSQUITOES CARRY DENGUE VIRUSES, SO YES, DENGUE IS TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE BITE OF AN INFECTED MALE AESDES MOSQUITO.

CHOLERA IS AN ACUTE DIARRHEAL ILLNESS CAUSED BY THE BACTERIA VIBRIO CHOLERA, THE INFECTION IS OFTEN MILD BUT SOMETIMES CAN BE LIFE-THREATENING.

YES, MOSQUITO CARRY DENGUE, MALARIA AND FILARIASIS VIRUSES. ALTHOUGH ONLY ANOPHELES MOSQUITOES CAN TRASMIT MALARIA VIRUSES.

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