Biology PYQ 168 of 227 · Human Health, Diseases & Immunity

The Dengue fever is caused by the bite of which of the following mosquitoes?

  1. AAsian tiger mosquito
  2. BAedes
  3. CCulex
  4. 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.

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