Medical microbiology: Match the pathogen to the disease—Vibrio ‘‘comma’’ bacillus causes which illness? Context: Mycobacterium leprae → leprosy; Corynebacterium diphtheriae → diphtheria. Choose the correct disease caused by Vibrio comma (Vibrio cholerae).

Difficulty: Easy

Cholera
Typhoid
Plague
Tetanus
Pertussis

Correct Answer: Cholera

Explanation:

Given associations

Mycobacterium leprae → leprosy.
Corynebacterium diphtheriae → diphtheria.
‘‘Vibrio comma’’ (Vibrio cholerae) → ?

Concept
The comma-shaped bacterium Vibrio cholerae causes cholera, an acute watery diarrheal disease due to cholera toxin acting on intestinal epithelial cells.

Final Answer
Cholera.

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