MCQ
Elephantiasis in man is caused by ____________.
  • A
    Ancylostoma duodenale
  • B
    Ascaris lumbricoides
  • C
    Dracunculus medinensis
  • D
    Wuchereria bancrofti

Answer

  1. Wuchereria bancrofti

Explanation:

Filariasis, commonly called elephantiasis, is a parasitic infection that causes extreme swelling in the arms and the legs.

The disease is caused by a filarial worm, which is transmitted from human to human via a female mosquito when it takes a blood meal.

Wuchereria bancrofti is one such nematode parasite.

It generally spreads through the Culex and Anopheles mosquitoes.

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