Question

Diseases that are transmitted through insect vectors are

• A. Leprosy, Plague, Elephantiasis
• B. Malaria, Filariasis, Gambia fever
• C. Plague, Measles, Mumps
• D. Malaria, Cholera, Typhoid

Answer 1

The correct option is B Malaria, Filariasis, Gambia fever

Vector borne diseases are illnesses caused by an infectious microbe that is transmitted to vertebrates by another animal, usually an arthropod. This second animal is called a vector for the disease. 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 (gambia fever) - flies and bugs, filariasis - mosquitoes, encephalitis - mosquitoes and ticks, yellow fever - mosquito, plague - flies, lyme disease - ticks etc.

Therefore, the correct answer is option B.