PATHOLOGY

PATHOLOGY MCQ

PARASITIC DISEASES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Disease transmitted by Arthropods-vectors:Lice-endemic areas:Asia, N. Africa, Asia and Australia
A
Typhus fever
B
Lyme disease
C
Dengue fever
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Chiggers spread scrub typhus, fleas spread murine typhus, and body lice spread epidemic typhus.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rickettsia typhi as well as Rickettsia prowazekii, belongs to Tifus Group in the Rickettsiaceae Family from Rickettsialis Order and is the causative organism of murine or endemic typhus 2 .

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