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A disease spread indirectly through a vector is

A
Sleeping sickness
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Malaria
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C
Kala-azar
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D
All of the above
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Solution

The correct option is C All of the above
Vectors are generally, the carrier of the disease from one the infected organism to the healthy host. There are a large number of viral, bacterial and parasitic diseases that can be transmitted by insect vectors. The most common vectors are blood-sucking insects such as mosquitoes, fleas, lice, biting flies, bugs, lice, helminths and ticks. Most common vector borne diseases affecting people and their vectors are: malaria -anopheles mosquitoes, dengue and chikungunya - aedes mosquitoes, Leishmaniasis (kala azar) - sandflies, trypanosomiasis - flies and bugs, filariasis - mosquitoes, encephalitis - mosquitoes and ticks, yellow fever - mosquito, plague - flies, lyme disease - ticks etc.
Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

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