Multiple choice

Match the following diseases with their causative agents and vectors.

   
Disease
Causative agent
Vector
P. Kala azar i. Plasmodium spp. 1. Tse-tse fly
Q. African sleeping sickness ii. Leishmania donovani 2. Sand fly
R. Epidemic typhus iii. Trypanosoma brucei 3. Mosquito
S. Malaria iv. Rickettsia prowazekii 4. Body louse

  1. P - ii - 3, Q - iv - 1, R - i - 2, S - iii - 4

  2. P - iii - 1, Q - iv - 2, R - ii - 4, S - i - 3

  3. P - i - 2, Q - ii - 4, R - iii - 2, S - iv - 3

  4. P - ii - 2, Q - iii - 1, R - iv - 4, S - i - 3

  5. P - i - 4, Q - iii - 1, R - ii - 3, S - iv - 2
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Kala azar is caused by Leishmania donovani and transmitted by the bite of sand fly. African Trypanosomiasis (also known as sleeping sickness) is caused by Trypanosoma brucei and transmitted by tse-tse fly. Epidemic typhus is caused by Rickettsia prowazekii and transmitted by the human body louse (Pediculus humanus corporis). Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by parasites of Plasmodium spp.

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