Question

Match the following diseases with their vectors.

$\begin{array}{cc}\text{Disease}& \text{Vector}\\ \text{a) Malaria}& \text{i) Flea}\\ \text{b) Dengue}& \text{ii) Tse-tse fly}\\ \text{c) Sleeping Sickness}& \text{iii) Aedes mosquito}\\ \text{d) plague}& \text{iv) Anopheles Mosquito}\end{array}$

• A. a-ii, b-iii, c-i, d-iv
• B. a-iii, b-ii, c-iv, d-i
• C. a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i
• D. a-iv, b-ii, c-iii, d-i

Answer 1

The correct option is C a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i

Different kinds of vectors carry the pathogens from infected person to healthy person. Mosquitoes are the most common vectors. But other insects also play a role as vectors.
$\begin{array}{cc}\text{Disease}& \text{Vector}\\ \text{a) Malaria}& \text{i) Flea}\\ \text{b) Dengue}& \text{ii) Tse-tse fly}\\ \text{c) Sleeping Sickness}& \text{iii) Aedes mosquito}\\ \text{d) plague}& \text{iv) Anopheles Mosquito}\end{array}$