Multiple choice

The two diseases that can be prevented by controlling mosquitoes and sandfly are

  1. malaria and measles

  2. malaria and cholera

  3. malaria and kala-azar

  4. measles and dysentery
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Explanation

Malaria is transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes (Plasmodium parasite). Kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis) is transmitted by sandflies (Leishmania parasite). Both are vector-borne diseases controllable through vector management. Measles is airborne, cholera and dysentery are water/food-borne.

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