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  • The vector of Filariasis disease is _______

    Question: The vector of Filariasis disease is _______

    Options:

    Culex mosquito
    Tsetse fly
    Ades aegypti
    Filarial worm

    🦋 Key Points
    → Filariasis is an infectious tropical disease caused by any one of several thread-like parasitic roundworms.
    → The two species of worms most often associated with this disease are Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi.
    → Lymphatic filariasis is transmitted by different types of mosquitoes, for example, by the Culex mosquito, widespread across urban and semi-urban areas, Anopheles, mainly found in rural areas, and Aedes, mainly in endemic islands in the Pacific.

    📝 Additional Information
    → Insects and Their Disease Vectors:

    Tsetse Fly: Vector of African Trypanosomiasis
    Aedes Aegypti: Vectors of Dengue virus, Yellow fever virus, Chikungunya virus, Zika virus
    House Fly: Vectors of Shigellosis, Typhoid fever, E. coli infections, Cholera

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