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    The document summarizes various diseases caused by protozoa, helminthes, and viruses. It lists malaria, amoebic dysentery, and sleeping sickness as diseases caused by protozoa and their symptoms, modes of transmission, and treatment methods. It also outlines ascariasis, taeniasis, and filariasis as diseases caused by helminthes, along with chickenpox, hepatitis, and AIDS as diseases caused by viruses, providing details on their symptoms, transmission, and precautions.

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    The document summarizes various diseases caused by protozoa, helminthes, and viruses. It lists malaria, amoebic dysentery, and sleeping sickness as diseases caused by protozoa and their symptoms, modes of transmission, and treatment methods. It also outlines ascariasis, taeniasis, and filariasis as diseases caused by helminthes, along with chickenpox, hepatitis, and AIDS as diseases caused by viruses, providing details on their symptoms, transmission, and precautions.

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    The document summarizes various diseases caused by protozoa, helminthes, and viruses. It lists malaria, amoebic dysentery, and sleeping sickness as diseases caused by protozoa and their symptoms, modes of transmission, and treatment methods. It also outlines ascariasis, taeniasis, and filariasis as diseases caused by helminthes, along with chickenpox, hepatitis, and AIDS as diseases caused by viruses, providing details on their symptoms, transmission, and precautions.

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    Diseases caused by Protozoa

    Disease Vector/Mode of Symptoms Precautions/


    transmission Treatment

    1. Malaria Female Chill and high fever Destruction of


    (Plasmodium) anopheles repeated on mosquito, using
    mosquito 3 mosquito net and
    rd or 4th day repellants
    Drugs: Quinine,
    Paludrin,
    Camoquine

    2. Amoebic Contamination of Destruction of lining Proper sanitation,


    dysentery food by flies of large protecting food from
    (Entamoeba intestine, diarrhoea dust and flies
    histolytica) with gripping
    pain, discharge of
    mucus and
    blood in stool

    3. Sleeping Tsetse fly Fever, headache, Drugs: Metarsophol


    sickness itchiness, joint
    (Trypanosoma pain, in advanced
    brucei) stage
    confusion, poor
    coordination,
    numbness, trouble in
    sleeping,
    fatal

    Diseases caused by Helminthes

    1. Ascariasis Ingesting infected Severe abdominal Washing hands with


    (Ascaris) eggs, consuming pain, fatigue, soap
    undercooked vomiting, weight and water before
    vegetables and loss, worms in eating
    fruits vomit and stool food, general
    sanitation
    Deworming

    2. Taeniasis Consuming raw Absorbs most of Washing hands with


    (Taenia soleum) vegetables, the host’s soap
    imperfectly digested food and water before
    cooked pork and and patient eating
    beef becomes terribly food, general
    weak sanitation
    Deworming

    3. Filariasis Culex mosquito Enlargement of Eradication of vector,


    (Wuchereria limbs/ankle, fever use
    bancrofti) with chills of antibiotics and anti
    inflammatory drugs

    Diseases caused by Virus

    1. Chicken pox Close contact with Highly irritating Keeping rashes


    (Varicella zoster) infected person rashes clean, not pricking
    appear near the the blister, calamine
    chest, lotion, use of neem
    back and spread to leaves,Active
    arms, immunization by
    legs, face and head vaccination

    2. Hepatitis Contaminated food, Jaundice, cirrhosis of Bed rest, high calorie


    (Hepatitis virus A, B, water, syringes, liver, diet, no
    C, D, E) blood transfusion high temperature, proteins and fats
    headache, joint pain,
    loss
    of appetite, nausea,
    vomiting

    3. AIDS Sexual contact with Swollen lymph nodes, Prevent the mode of
    (HIV) an infected person, fever, night sweats, transmission.
    contaminated weight
    blood transfusion, loss
    Infected mother to
    child transmission,
    Use of infected
    needles

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