A parasitic disease, which is not transmitted through bite of insect vector is

Filariasis

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Malaria

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Leishmaniasis

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Ascariasis

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Solution

The correct option is D Ascariasis
Ascariasis is caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides and spread by the contamination of water and food by feces and not by the insects.
Malaria is caused due to the protozoan Plasmodium and spread through infected female anopheles mosquito.
Leishmaniasis is caused due to protozoan parasite due to the biting of sandfly.
Filariasis is a roundworm infection caused by the biting of black flies and mosquitoes. Thus, the correct answer is option D.

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