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Q. 10 of Quiz-1455 (Que-ID : 3328)

A toxic substance, responsible for the chills and high fever recurring every three to four days in malarial fever, is

  • interferon
  • haemozoin
  • hirudin
  • colostrum

Ans → (b)haemozoin

Explanation → haemozoin

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A person with sickle cell anaemia is

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Which one of the following disease is non – communicable ?

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Typhoid fever in human beings is caused by

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Which of the following is the bacterial disease in humans ?

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Which of the following pathogens causes whooping coough ?

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Which one of the following sets includes bacterial diseases ?

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Vaccine against polio viruses is an example of

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Ciliated epithelium is present in

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  • None of the above

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Blood corpuscles are formed in the

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