MCQ IN MEDICINE

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Malaria. Vector-Borne Disease – These are the diseases caused by parasites, viruses, and bacteria that are transmitted by vectors. Example: Dengue, Malaria, Chikungunya, yellow fever, Zika, etc. Malaria is a vector-borne disease caused by Anopheles Mosquito.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vector-Borne Disease: Disease that results from an infection transmitted to humans and other animals by blood-feeding anthropods, such as mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas. Examples of vector-borne diseases include Dengue fever, West Nile Virus, Lyme disease, and malaria.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dengue, malaria and Chagas disease. Leishmaniasis, schistosomiasis and yellow fever. Chikungunya, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis and West Nile virus. These are 10 vector-borne diseases carried by mosquitoes, ticks, flies and other vectors that put one of every two people in the Americas at risk.

Detailed explanation-4: -Which most accurately describes what makes a mosquito a vector? A mosquito can spread malaria but not be sick with the disease. Which is the best way to help prevent the flu from becoming a pandemic? A city has an outbreak of a disease that affects an unusually large portion of its population at the same time.