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Diseases where microbes are the immediate cause and can spread in a community are:

AInfectious
BGenetic
CHereditary
DDeficiency
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Infectious
1. Microbes spread with the disease. 2. Such diseases are infectious. 3. Cancers and high blood pressure are non-infectious. _Source: syllabus Science, Chapter 13, Why Do We Fall Ill._
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