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Human Health and Disease — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Bihar BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYHuman Health and Disease1 Mark
MCQ
The organism that causes elephantiasis belongs to:
  • A
    Insecta
  • B
    Protozoa
  • C
    Nematoda
  • D
    Coelenterata
✓

Answer

  1. Nematoda

Explanation:

Elephantiasis refers to a parasitic infection that causes extreme swelling in the arms and legs.

The disease is caused by the filarial worm or nematode parasites like Wuchereria bancrofti, brugia malayi etc., which is transmitted from human to human via female mosquito when it takes a blood meal.

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