MCQ
Infection caused by the Culex mosquito bite is:
- AFilariasis
- BDengue fever
- CYellow fever
- DPneumonia
✓
Answer
- Filariasis
Explanation:
Filariasis is a parasitic disease caused by an infection with roundworms of the Filarioidea type. These are then spread by blood-feeding black flies and mosquitoes such as Culex mosquitoes.
These Culex mosquitoes are primary vectors for lymphatic filariasis in urban and semi-urban areas.
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