Give the immediate and contributory causes for the following diseases-: a) Hepatitis b) Sleeping sickness c) Malaria - Science - Why Do We Fall Ill

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Give the immediate and contributory causes for the following
diseases-: a) Hepatitis b) Sleeping sickness c) Malaria

Jahirul Mazumder · Accepted Answer

Dear student

Immediate cause
Contributory cause

Hepatitis
Viruses: HAV, HBV

Hepatitis A: It is transmitted by eating infected or contaminated
food or water by the viruses

Hepatitis B: This is a sexually transmitted disease and is spread
by contact with infected blood, semen, and some other body
fluids

Sleeping sickness
Protozoa: Trypanosoma
Bite of Tsetse fly

Malaria
Protozoa: Plasmodium
Mosquitoes: Female Anopheles

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	Immediate cause	Contributory cause
Hepatitis	Viruses: HAV, HBV.	Hepatitis A: It is transmitted by eating infected or contaminated food or water by the viruses. Hepatitis B: This is a sexually transmitted disease and is spread by contact with infected blood, semen, and some other body fluids.
Sleeping sickness	Protozoa: Trypanosoma.	Bite of Tsetse fly
Malaria	Protozoa: Plasmodium	Mosquitoes: Female Anopheles.