Which disease among the following spread if excreta from someone suffering from this disease gets mixed with drinking water used by people living nearby?
Pneumonia
Cholera
Tuberculosis
Influenza
A
Tuberculosis
B
Pneumonia
C
Cholera
D
Influenza
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Cholera is an infectious disease that causes severe watery diarrhoea, which can lead to dehydration and even death if untreated. It is caused by eating food or drinking water contaminated with a bacterium called Vibrio cholerae. Vibrio cholerae is usually found in food or water contaminated by faeces from a person with the infection. When a person consumes the contaminated food or water, the bacteria release a toxin in the intestines that produces severe diarrhoea.
So, the correct answer is option B.
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