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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.
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