Question

Kala-azar is caused and transmitted respectively by

• A. Leishmania and Phlebotomus
• B. Trypanosoma and sandfly
• C. Leishmania and tse-tse fly
• D. Trypanosoma and Glossina palpalis

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Leishmania and Phlebotomus

Kala azar is a parasitic disease next to malaria but along with sleeping sickness this is one of the dangerously neglected diseases of the tropical belt. This disease which is endemic in more than 60 countries attacks the immune system making it nearly fatal. his disease is transmitted to human beings by the bites of infected phlebotomine sandflies which is the vector for the leishmania parasite. so, the correct answer is option A.