Question

1. Write the scientific name of the filarial worm that causes filariasis. 

2. Write the symptoms of filariasis. 

3. How is this disease transmitted?

Answer 1

1. Scientific name of the filarial worm – Wuchereria bancrofti 

2. Symptoms of filariasis – Inflammation of lymph nodes, obstruction of lymph vessels causes elephantiasis of limbs, genital etc. 

3. Mode of disease transmission : Vector transmission (female Culex mosquito)