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| Q. |
Yellow Fever is transmitted by - |
| A. | Aedes |
| B. | Anopheles |
| C. | House-fly |
| D. | Culex |
| Answer» A. Aedes | |
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Explanation: Yellow fever (also known as Yellow Jack and Bronze John) is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease. The virus is a 40 to 50 rim enveloped RNA virus with positive sense of the Flaviviridae family. The yellow fever virus is transmitted by the bite of female mosquitoes (the yellow fever mosquito, Aeries aegypti, and other species) and is found in tropical and subtropical areas in South America and Africa, but not in Asia. The only known hosts of the virus are primates and several species of mosquito. |
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