Question

Which of the following would NOT be considered an emerging disease?

Answer 1

Answer:

Not an emerging disease -

Tuberculosis

Explanation:

Emerging disease -

Emerging diseases are the one which are new for the humans or have been increasing in the past two decades.

Ebola hemorrhagic fever  , West Nile virus fever/encephalitis  , Zika virus disease are the emerging diseases ,

Ebola hemorrhagic fever , spread in 2018 in South Africa , one of the fatal disease in human and primates , such as the chimpanzee , gorillas and monkeys .

The outbreak of Ebola mainly occurred in the village region with the mortality rate up to 90%.

West Nile virus fever/encephalitis  , spread in 1999 , near the Nile region ,

this disease transmitted via mosquito , the infected people did not develop any symptoms , only had very minor signs like fever and mild headache ,

But some people developed life - threatening illness .

Zika virus was first discovered in the year 1947 and was named after the Zika Forest in the region of Uganda .

Zika virus is a mosquito borne viral infection .

Majorly in the tropical and subtropical areas of the world .

Hence ,

Tuberculosis is not an emerging disease.

Answer 2

Answer:

Option D, Tuberculosis

Explanation:

Tuberculosis is not an emerging disease. An emerging disease is one which has emerged recently and has spread widely across the geographical regions thereby affecting a large mass of population in a short span of time.

Since Tuberculosis has emerges several decades ahead it is no more an emerging one but a re-emerging disease.

This re -emerging happens because M. tuberculosis (causative agent of Tuberculosis) has become resistant to the available antimicrobial drugs thereby weakening our defense mechanism against Tuberculosis.

Hence, option D is correct