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Social & Preventive Medicine Infectious Disease Epidemiology 9dcf3571

Source and reservoir are same for which infection-

A
Rabies
B
Tetanus
C
Typhoid
D
Measles
High-Yield Explanation
Ans. is 'b' i.e., Tetanus o Source & reservoir are same - Tetanus spores survive in soil (reservoir) and a person acquires infection directly from soil (source). So, soil acts as reservoir as well as sourceo Source & reservoir different - In typhoid, bacillus survives and multiplies inside human cases or carriers (act as reservoir), but immediate source of infection is feces or urine of patients, or contaminated food, water or milk (act as source).o So, source may or may not be a part of reservoir. In other words reservoir may or may not act as a source.

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