Human Health And Disease Question 250
Question: ‘Syphilis’ is a sexually transmitted disease caused by
[MP PMT 1996]
Options:
A) Treponema pallidum
B) Leptospira
C) Pasteurella
D) Vibrio
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Answer:
Correct Answer: A
Solution:
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by spirochaetal bacterium Treponema pallidum.
Transmission of syphilis is almost always through sexual contact or congenitally through the placenta to a fetus or at birth from an infected mother.
Hence syphilis is caused by Treponema pallidum.
BETA
