Question

Which of the following diseases is not caused by bacteria?
1. TB
2. Polio
3. Cholera
4. Typhus
5. Answer not known

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Polio

The correct answer is Polio.

• Poliomyelitis is the scientific term or synonym of the disease Polio. 
• It is a viral disease that destroys the nerve cells present in the spinal cord, causing paralysis or muscle weakness to some parts of the body.
• The virus is transmitted by person-to-person through the faecal-oral route and By contaminated water or food.
• Jonas Salk discovered and developed the first polio vaccine.
• The first polio vaccine was the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) and came into use in 1955.

Disease	Cause
Tuberculosis (TB)	Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria generally affects the lungs.
Cholera	It is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholera.
Typhus	Scrub typhus, also known as bush typhus, is a disease caused by a bacteria called Orientia tsutsugamushi.