Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Human Health and Disease

Question:
In which among the following disease the pathogens are transmitted to a healthy person through the bite by the female mosquito vectors ?
Options:
Filariasis
Ascariasis
Amoebiasis
All of these.
Correct Answer:
Filariasis
Explanation:
Wuchereria (W. bancrofti and W. malayi), the filarial worms cause a slowly developing chronic inflammation of the organs in which they live for many years, usually the lymphatic vessels of the lower limbs and the disease is called elephantiasis or filariasis . The pathogens are transmitted to a healthy person through the bite by the female mosquito vectors.