PATHOLOGY MCQ
PARASITIC DISEASES
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Disease transmitted by Arthropods-vectors:female sandfly-endemic areas:Mediterranean region, India, and parts of South America
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Dengue fever
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African sleeping sickness
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Sandfly fever
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Sandfly (phlebotomus) fever is a common but non-lethal disease caused by a group of related phleboviruses that are transmitted to humans by peridomestic sandflies (Phlebotomus papatasii, P. perniciosus, P. perfiliewi) in countries around the Mediterranean Sea and eastwards to central Asia and India.
Detailed explanation-2: -Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease that is transmitted by sandflies and caused by obligate intracellular protozoa of the genus Leishmania.
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