How  does the transmission of typhoid and pneumonia take place? Give names of the organisms causing them and the symptoms of these diseases.

 

Name of disease

Mode of transmission

Causative organism

symptoms

Typhoid

Enter the intestine through food and /water , then migrate to other organs through blood

Salmonella typhi

(Bacteria)

Weakness

Stomach pain

Constipation

Headache

Loss of appetite

Pneumonia

Inhaling droplets / aerosols released by infected person.

Sharing glasses & utensils with infected persons

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Fever, chills

Cough & headache

Lips and nails may turn gray to bluish