Biology PYQ 170 of 227 · Human Health, Diseases & Immunity

Which of the following is NOT mosquito borne disease?

  1. ADengue fever
  2. BFilariasis
  3. CSleeping sickness
  4. DMalaria

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Correct answer: (c) Sleeping sickness

Explanation

Sleeping sickness is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma brucei and spread by the tsetse fly, not by mosquitoes.

Dengue, Filariasis and Malaria are all mosquito-borne, transmitted mainly by Aedes and Anopheles mosquitoes.

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