The Dengue fever is caused by the bite of which of the following mosquitoes?
- AAsian tiger mosquito
- BAedes
- CCulex
- DAnopheles
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Correct answer: (b) Aedes
Explanation
Dengue fever is caused by the dengue virus, an RNA virus with four serotypes.
It spreads through the bite of female Aedes mosquitoes, chiefly Aedes aegypti, which bite by day.
Anopheles spreads malaria and Culex spreads filariasis, not dengue.