Culex causes the disease

Yellow fever

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Filariasis

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Malaria

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Sleeping sickness

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Solution

The correct option is B Filariasis
Culex is a genus of mosquito and is important in that several species serve as vectors of important diseases, such as West Nile virus, filariasis, Japanese encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis and avian malaria.

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Industrial sickness is a major area of concern for our country. Enumerate the various causes of industrial sickness.

Column A	Column B
A- Culex pipiens	1- Yellow fever/Breakbone fever
B- Aedes aegypti	2- Elephantasis or filariasis
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D- Phlebotomus	4- Sleeping sickness/Trypnosomiasis

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