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Anthrax :
highly infectious disease of animals ,transmitted directly or
indirectly to man, treated with antibiotics.
Cholera
Spread by ingestion of contaminated water or foods .
Diphtheria : Schick test

Leprosy : Chronic mildly contagious disease,treated by
sulphone drugs
Plague : rapidly progressing acute febrile disease .
Tetanus : acute infectious disease characterized by
tonic
Spasms of voluntary muscles cause by toxin.Modern
Treatment is passive immunization with antitoxin
(human
Tetanus immunoglobulin) .First dose of toxoid in a
course
of active immunization.
Tuberculosis : Acute chronic communicable disease,
Tuberculin test ,positive reaction……immune pt.
negative
Indicate absence of immunity ,,,,need for BCG

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