Question

The following diseases may or may not be transmitted by some vectors

(i) Pneumonia

(ii) AIDS

(III) Yellow fever

(iv) Dengue fever

(v) Malaria

(vi)Elephantiasis.

The ones associated with mosquitoes are

• A. (i), (iii), (iv), (vi)
• B. (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
• C. (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
• D. All of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is B (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

Pneumonia is a lung infection caused by viruses or bacteria. AIDS is caused by human immune-deficiency syndrome virus or HIV. Both these are not transmitted by vectors.
Yellow fever is a viral disease, caused by yellow fever virus and is spread by the bite of female mosquito (Aedes aegypti).
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by dengue virus.
Malaria is mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by parasitic protozoans.
Elephantiasis is a symptom where parts of a person's body swell to massive proportions. It is transmitted by mosquitoes where they transmit the parasitic worm
Thus, the correct answer is option B.