Gujarati
7.Human Health and Disease
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Disease caused by the biting of Culex mosquito is

A

Filariasis

B

Dengue fever

C

Yellow fever

D

Pneumonia

Solution

(a) Filariasis or elephantiasis is caused by a nematode Wuchereria bancrofti which is transmitted through the bite of Culex fatigans mosquito. In this disease, there is huge enlargement of the diseased (affected) organ.

Standard 12
Biology

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