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Which of the following diseases is spread by mosquitoes? (A) Malaria (B) Pneumonia (C) Dengue (D) Chikungunya

Which of the following diseases is spread by mosquitoes? (A) Malaria (B) Pneumonia (C) Dengue (D) Chikungunya Correct Answer A, C and D

Concept:

  • Various diseases are caused by animals or are transmitted by them to humans.

Explanation:

Dengue:

  • Dengue is carried by the female mosquito Aedes.
  • Its symptoms are nausea, vomiting, aches and pains, rash.
  • Whereas, vomiting blood, bleeding from the nose or gums are symptoms of severe dengue.
  • It can be prevented by the cleanliness and preventing oneself from mosquito bites.
  • It can be cured by taking paracetamol, drinking fluids.

Malaria:

  • Malaria spreads only by the disease-carrying mosquitoes.
  • The vector of malaria is the female anopheles mosquito.
  • Malaria spreads only when a female mosquito that has bitten a malaria patient bites another person.
  • A blood test is done to check if a person has malaria or not.
  • People with malaria get a fever with chills, sweating, headache, nausea and rigours.
  • Malaria is caused by protozoan Plasmodium.
  • In early times, the dried and powdered bark of the Cinchona tree was used to make medicine for malaria.
  • Earlier people used to boil the bark powder and strain the water which was given to patients.
  • Now tablets are made from this in the form of quinine, chloroquine is given to patients.

Chikungunya:

  • It is a viral disease that is transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes.
  • It is spread by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. 
  • The most common symptoms of infection are fever and joint pain.
  • Other symptoms may include headache, muscle pain, joint swelling, or rash. 

​Thus, Dengue, Malaria and Chikungunya are the diseases spread by mosquitoes.

Additional Information

  • Pneumonia: it is an abnormal inflammatory condition of the lung caused by streptococcus pneumoniae.
  • The pathogen of pneumonia infects the air sacs.

Signs and symptoms:

  • High fever and shaking chills
  • Shortness of breath
  • Chest pain
  • Fatigue and muscle aches
  • Nausea and vomiting 

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