Description : Which one of the following groups of diseases spreads through mosquito bites among humans? (a) Malaria, filariasis, poliomyelitis (b) Ancylostomiasis, ringworm, dengue fever (c) Dengue fever, viral encephalitis, yellow fever (d) Filariasis, malaria, ascariasis
Last Answer : Ans:(c)
Description : Other than spreading malaria; anopheles mosquitoes are also vectors of?
Last Answer : filariasis
Description : Which one of the following is not correctly matched? (a) Glossina palpalis - Sleeping sickness (b) Culex pipiens - Filariasis (c) Aedes aegypti - Dengue fever (d) Anopheles culicifacies- Leishmaniasis
Last Answer : (d) Anopheles culicifacies- Leishmaniasis
Description : Aquatic weed act as alternate host and vectors of malaria, yellow and dengue fever is a). Water lettuce b). Salvinia c). Alligator weed d). All of these
Last Answer : d). All of these
Description : Which one of the following is not a mosquito borne disease’? (1) Dengue fever (2) Filariasis (3) Sleeping sickness (4) Malaria
Last Answer : (3) Sleeping sickness Explanation: Sleeping sickness is infection with germs carried by certain flies. It results in swelling of the brain, Sleeping sickness is caused by two germs, in 2007. ... Bhushan in 1991 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994 for his contributions towards Indian cinema.
Description : Which of these is not a mosquito borne disease? (1) Dengue fever (2) Malaria (3) Filariasis (4) Goitre
Last Answer : (4) Goitre
Description : Which one of the following is not a mosquito borne disease? (1) Dengue fever (2) Filariasis (3) Sleeping sickness (4) Malaria
Last Answer : Sleeping sickness
Description : Zika virus is related to: (a) Dengue (b) Yellow fever (c) Japanese encephalitis (d) All the Above.
Last Answer : (d) All the Above.
Description : Give the correct matching of causative agent/germ and disease. (a) Anopheles – Malaria (b) Leishmania – Sleeping sickness (c) Glossina – Kala-azar (d) Wuchereria – Filariasis
Last Answer : (d) Wuchereria – Filariasis
Description : Which of the following is not a mosquito borne disease? (1) Dengue (2) Malaria (3) Sleeping sickness (4) Filariasis
Last Answer : (3) Sleeping sickness Explanation: Sleeping sickness, also called African trypanosomiasis, disease caused by infection with the flagellate protozoan Trypanosoma brucei gambiense or the closely related subspecies T. brucei rhodesiense, transmitted by the tsetse fly (genus Glossina).
Description : Male mosquitoes - (1) Suck blood (2) Feed on plant juices (3) Spread encephalitis (4) Spread malaria
Last Answer : (2) Feed on plant juices Explanation: Typically, both male and female mosquitoes feed on nectar and plant juices, but in many species the mouthparts of the females are adapted for piercing the skin of animal hosts and sucking their blood as ectoparasites.
Description : Male mosquitoes (1) Suck blood (2) Feed on plant juices (3) Spread encephalitis (4) Spread malaria
Last Answer : Feed on plant juices
Description : _________ fever was the first human disease associated with a virus. Walter Reed identified _________ as the carrier. a. Lassa, rats b. Dengue, mosquitoes c. Ebola, bats d. Yellow, mosquitoes
Last Answer : d. Yellow, mosquitoes
Description : After drinking contaminated water you would be most apt to develop symptoms of A. Malaria B. Yellow Fever C. Typhoid fever D. Dengue fever
Last Answer : ANSWER: C
Last Answer : Dengue Fever Of Carrier Mosquitoes Aedes Mosquitoes.
Description : Name the mosquito responsible for spreading both Chikungunya and Dengue fever.
Last Answer : Aedes aegyptii
Description : Vector of filariasis a) Anopheles b) Culex c) Tse-tse fly d) Mites
Last Answer : b) Culex
Description : Yellow Fever is transmitted by - (1) Aedes (2) Anopheles (3) House-fly (4) Culex
Last Answer : (1) Aedes 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 ... , but not in Asia. The only known hosts of the virus are primates and several species of mosquito.
Description : Yellow Fever is transmitted by (1) Aedes (2) Anopheles (3) House-fly (4) Culex
Last Answer : Aedes
Description : The primary North American vector transmitting arthropodborne virus encephalitis is the a) mosquito Arthropod vectors transmit several types of viruses that cause encephalitis. The primary vector in North America is ... the mosquito. d) flea. The primary vector in North America is the mosquito.
Last Answer : a) mosquito Arthropod vectors transmit several types of viruses that cause encephalitis. The primary vector in North America is the mosquito.
Description : Match the following diseases with the causative organism and select the correct option. Column-I Column-II A. Typhoid (i) Wuchereria B. Pneumonia (ii) Plasmodium C. Filariasis (iii) Salmonella D. Malaria (iv) Haemophilus A B C D (a) (i ... (i) (ii) (c) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv) (d) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
Last Answer : (b) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
Description : Yellow fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever is transmitted by
Last Answer : Yellow fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever is transmitted by A. Culex B. Adees C. Anopheles D. Bed bug
Description : 'Breakbone fever' most commonly known as? (1) Typhoid (2) Rhinitis (3) Yellow fever (4) Dengue
Last Answer : (4) Dengue Explanation: Breakbone fever: Also known as dengue fever, an acute mosquito-borne viral illness of sudden onset.
Description : Symptoms of headache, fever, and muscle pain Lasting 3 to 5 days, followed by a 2 to 24 hour abating of symptoms is characteristic of a. Yellow fever. b. Hepatitis C. c. Dengue fever. d. Ebola hemorrhagic fever.
Last Answer : a. Yellow fever.
Description : Dengue fever is also known as
Last Answer : break-bone fever.
Description : Dengue Fever is also called------? A. Black Fever B. Breakbone Fever (Answer) C. Plasmodium Fever D. Remittent Fever
Last Answer : B. Breakbone Fever (Answer)
Description : Who discovered Anopheles mosquito transmit malaria? -Do You Know?
Last Answer : answer:
Description : Who discovered that Malaria was caused by female Anopheles? (1) Edward Jenner (2) Louis Pasteur (3) Robert Koch (4) Ronald Ross
Last Answer : (4) Ronald Ross Explanation: Edward Jenner of Britain discovered vaccination in 1796. Louis Pasteur of France discovered Rabies vaccine in 1860. Robert Koch of Germany discovered Cholera, TB germs in ... identifying the links between mosquitoes and malaria. He was born in India in 1857 at Almora.
Description : Malaria is transmitted from one person to another by: (1) Aedes Mosquito (2) Culex Mosquito (3) Anopheles Mosquito (4) All of the above
Last Answer : (3) Anopheles Mosquito. Explanation: Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease which begins with a bite from an infected female Anopheles mosquito, which introduces the protists through saliva into the circulatory system. In the blood, the protists travel to the liver to mature and reproduce.
Description : Which one of the following options gives the correct match of a disease with its causative organism and mode of infection? Disease Causative Mode of organism infection (a) Typhoid Salmonella ... infected bancrofti water and food (d) Malaria Plasmodium Bite of male vivax Anopheles mosquito
Last Answer : (a) Typhoid Salmonella With inspired typhi air
Description : Where will you look for the sporozoites of the malarial parasite? (a) Saliva of infected female Anopheles mosquito (b) Red blood corpuscles of human suffering from malaria (c) Spleen of infected humans (d) Salivary glands of freshy moulted female Anopheles mosquito
Last Answer : (a) Saliva of infected female Anopheles mosquito
Description : Who discovered Anopheles mosquito transmit malaria?
Last Answer : Ronal ross
Description : Malaria is transmitted through a) Female culex mosquito b) Female anopheles mosquito c) Female aedes mosquito d) None of the above
Last Answer : b) Female anopheles
Last Answer : Anopheles Mosquito
Description : Who discovered that Malaria was caused by female Anopheles ? (1) Edward Jenner (2) Louis Pasteur (3) Robert Koch (4) Ronald Ross
Last Answer : Ronald Ross
Description : Hydrophobia is a term applied to a. rotavirus infections. b. West Nile fever. c. arboviral encephalitis. d. rabies.
Last Answer : d. rabies.
Description : A patient with fungal encephalitis receiving amphotericin B complaints of fever, chills, and body aches. The nurse knows that these symptoms a) may be controlled by the administration of ... and cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) cultures. Blood and CSF cultures help diagnosis fungal encephalitis.
Last Answer : a) may be controlled by the administration of diphenhydramine (Benedryl) and acetaminophen (Tylenol) approximately 30 minutes prior to administration of the amphotericin. Administration of amphotericin B ... 30 minutes prior to the administration of amphotericin B may prevent these side effects.
Description : Deadly disease which is caused by parasitic microorganism called plasmodium is ______. a) malaria b)dengue c)polio d)rubella
Last Answer : a) malaria
Description : A disease also called "black water fever" from blood in urine is _____. a. Leishmania b. Cryptosporidiosis c. Giardiasis d. Malaria
Last Answer : d. Malaria
Description : In India it is found recently that incidence of Malaria is increasing because (a) The mosquitoes have become DDT resistant (b) Of poverty in villages (c) Of poor sanitary conditions (d) On account of increase in population it has become impossible to maintain cleanliness everywhere
Last Answer : Ans:(a)
Description : Consider the following statements: 1. Malaria can be contained with the introduction of larvicidal fish, gambusia, in ponds, tanks and puddles. 2. Gambusia is highly specific in devouring larvae of female anopheline mosquitoes. Which ... true? (a) 1, 2 (b) 1 only (c) 2 only (d) Neither of the two
Last Answer : Ans:(b)
Description : The disease not transmitted by house - fly is - (a) cholera (b) enteric fever (c) dengue fever (d) dysentery
Last Answer : Ans:(d)
Description : The main symptom of Dengue fever is
Last Answer : reduced platelet count.
Description : Dengue fever is transmitted by mosquito
Last Answer : Aedes aegyptii.
Description : What is the cure for Dengue fever?
Last Answer : A decoction prepared using young leaves of papaya given to Dengue patients can cure it because it increases the number of platelets.
Description : What is the main symptom of Dengue fever?
Last Answer : Reduced platelet count is the main symptom of Dengue fever. The platelet count in normal healthy person is 2,50,000 in cm3 of blood but in a person with Dengue fever the platelet count will be 1,00,000 in cm3 of blood.
Description : Mention the symptoms of Dengue fever.
Last Answer : a) At the onset of the disease – headache, fever, exhaustion, severe muscle and joint pain, swollen glands and rashes. b) Bleeding gums, severe pain behind the eyes, redness in palms and soles.