Question

Give the correct matching of causative agent$/$ germ and disease.

• A. Anopheles-Malaria
• B. Leishmania-Sleeping Sickness
• C. Glossina-Kala-azar
• D. Wuchereria-Filariasis

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (D)

Wuchereria-Filariasis
Anopheles-Malaria

• Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes.
  
• African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness, is an insect-borne parasitic disease of humans and other animals.
• kala-azar is the most severe form of leishmaniasis.
• Wuchereria bancrofti is a human parasitic roundworm that is the major cause of lymphatic filariasis.

So, the correct answer is 'A and D'.