Hygiene Measures for Disease Prevention — NEET Biology
📚 Practice ConceptMaintenance of personal and public hygiene is very important for prevention and control of many infectious diseases. Measures for personal hygiene include keeping the body clean; consumption of clean drinking water, food, vegetables, fruits, etc. Public hygiene includes proper disposal of waste and excreta; periodic cleaning and disinfection of water reservoirs, pools, cesspools and tanks and observing standard practices of hygiene in public catering. These measures are particularly essential where the infectious agents are transmitted through food and water such as typhoid, amoebiasis and ascariasis. In cases of air-borne diseases such as pneumonia and common cold, in addition to the above measures, close
Which of the following statements regarding ascariasis are NOT correct? S1: Ascariasis is caused by Ascaris, which is a common flatworm. S2: Symptoms of this disease typically include internal bleeding, muscular pain, fever, anemia, and often blockage of the intestinal passage. S3: A healthy person primarily acquires this infection through the bite of an infected mosquito vector. S4: The eggs of the parasite are excreted along with the faeces of infected persons, contaminating soil, water, and plants. S5: Maintaining proper personal and public hygiene, especially concerning food and water, is crucial for preventing ascariasis.
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