Class 12 NEET Biology Human Health and Diseases Questions Part 1

(d) : Interferons are antiviral proteins that increase the resistance of a cell to attack by viruses.
As measles is a viral disease, so body produces interferons.
Measles is an acute infectious eruptive viral disease of childhood, caused by an RNA containing Rubeola virus/Polynosa morbillorum.
Typhoid and tetanus are bacterial diseases caused by Salmonella typhi and Clostridium tetani respectively.
Malaria is a protozoan disease caused by Plasmodium species.