Correct Answer - Option 4 : Plague
Explanation:
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Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection causing a severe flu-like illness and, sometimes causing a potentially lethal complication called severe dengue.
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Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes
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Filariasis is a parasitic disease caused by an infection with roundworms of the Filarioidea type.
- This disease belongs to the group of diseases called helminthiasis.
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Spread by blood-feeding black flies and mosquitoes namely Anopheles, Culex quinquefasciatus, Aedes, and Mansonia.
NOTE - Filariasis is not only spread by female anopheles mosquitoes. It is transmitted by Culex quinquefasciatus, Aedes and Mansonia also.
- The Plague is an Infectious disease that is basically caused by Yersinia or Bacillus pestis. which is basically found in animals particularly rodents.
- It basically affects the lungs, lymph nodes, and blood vessels.
- It is also known as the "Black Death".
- The transmission of this infectious bacterial disease is through a bite of an infected rat.
- There are basically three types of plague-
- Bubonic plague
- Pneumonic Plague
- Septicemic Plague
Hence among the options Dengue, filaria are caused by mosquitos while Plague is caused by rodents.
