{"id":265278,"date":"2025-07-21T20:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T20:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=265278"},"modified":"2025-07-21T20:00:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T20:00:06","slug":"which-of-the-following-pairs-is-mismatched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/21\/which-of-the-following-pairs-is-mismatched\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the following pairs is mismatched"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which of the following pairs is mismatched? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A) salmonellosis &#8211; vehicle transmission <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B) malaria &#8211; foodborne transmission <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C) influenza &#8211; droplet infection<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> D) syphilis &#8211; direct contact<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct answer is <strong>B) malaria &#8211; foodborne transmission<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malaria is caused by <em>Plasmodium<\/em> parasites, which are transmitted to humans primarily through the bite of an infected <em>Anopheles<\/em> mosquito. This transmission method is referred to as <strong>vector transmission<\/strong>, not foodborne transmission. Foodborne transmission involves the ingestion of contaminated food or water, which is not a typical method for the spread of malaria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation of other pairs:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A) Salmonellosis &#8211; vehicle transmission<\/strong>: This is correct. Salmonellosis is caused by the <em>Salmonella<\/em> bacteria, which can be transmitted through contaminated food or water. This is an example of <strong>vehicle transmission<\/strong>, where pathogens are spread via a contaminated medium, such as food.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>C) Influenza &#8211; droplet infection<\/strong>: This is correct. Influenza is primarily transmitted via <strong>droplet infection<\/strong>. When an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks, respiratory droplets containing the virus can be inhaled by others, leading to the spread of the disease.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>D) Syphilis &#8211; direct contact<\/strong>: This is also correct. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium <em>Treponema pallidum<\/em>. It spreads through <strong>direct contact<\/strong> with syphilis sores, typically during sexual activity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In summary, while salmonellosis, influenza, and syphilis are accurately matched with their modes of transmission, malaria is mismatched with foodborne transmission. The appropriate mode of transmission for malaria is <strong>vector transmission<\/strong> via mosquito bites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following pairs is mismatched? A) salmonellosis &#8211; vehicle transmission B) malaria &#8211; foodborne transmission C) influenza &#8211; droplet infection D) syphilis &#8211; direct contact The correct answer and explanation is: The correct answer is B) malaria &#8211; foodborne transmission. Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites, which are transmitted to humans primarily through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}