Human Health and Diseases Question 3

3. In which disease does mosquito transmitted pathogen cause chronic inflammation of lymphatic vessels?

(a) Elephantiasis

(b) Ascariasis

(c) Amoebiasis

(d) Ringworm disease

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Answer : a

Hints & Solutions

(a) Lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis, is a human disease caused by parasitic worms known as filarial worms. It is caused by roundworm, Wuchereria bancrofti and it is transmitted by culex mosquito.