Which of the following is a matching pair of the vector and the disease

Options

A. Culex-Filariasis
B. Housefly-Yellow fever
C. Body louse-Typhoid
D. Sandfly-Plague

Answer

A

Explanation

(a) Culex fatigans is a biological vector for Wuchereria bancrofti. Filariasis or elephantiasis is caused by a nematode Wuchereria bancrofti which is transmitted through the bite of Culex fatigans mosquito. In this disease, there is huge enlargement of the diseased (affected) organ.