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Given below are four statements (a-d) each with one or two blanks. Select the option which correctly fills up the blanks in the two statements.  Plague is caused by (i), a deadly bacterium, (ii), the most common form of plague is characterized by high fever, weakness and acute painful swellings of the lymph nodes.  Filariasis is characterised by swelling of the (i) and of other parts of the body. The disease, therefore, is commonly known as (ii) due to its resemblance to leg of an elephant.     (i)  is the resistance to infection which an individual possesses by virtue of his/her genetic and constitutional make up.      (i)   literally means "protection against self";   (ii)   is an example of it.

A)  -(i) Neck, (ii) Ascariasis                                                      -(i)Autoimmunity,(ii)Diabetes mellitus                             

B)                -(i)Bordetella pertussis, (ii) Pulmonary plague       -(i) Passive immunity                                                           

C)  -(i) Yersinia pestis, (ii) Bubonic plague                                  -(i)Autoimmunity,(ii)Rheumatoid arthritis                         

D)  -(i) Leg, (ii) Elephantiasis                                                         -(i) Acquired immunity