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Match the following diseases with their causative agent and vector |||| |---|---|---| |Disease |Causative agent |Vector| |P. Dumdum fever|i. Plasmodium spp.|1. Tse-tse fly| |Q. African trypanosomiasis|ii. Leishmania donovani|2. Sandfly| |R. Epidemic louse-borne 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

Yes, it is correct. Dumdum fever is caused by Leishmania donovani and transmitted by the bite of the sand fly. African trypanosomiasis (also known as sleeping sickness) is caused by Trypanosoma brucei and transmitted by the tse-tse fly. Epidemic louse - borne 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 the Plasmodium spp.

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