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Option 2 : 1 and 2 only

The correct answer is 1 and 2 only.

Concept:

Vector-borne diseases

  • Vector-borne diseases are human illnesses caused by parasites, viruses and bacteria that are transmitted by vectors.
  • The burden of these diseases is highest in tropical and subtropical areas.
  • Vector-borne diseases like Dengue, Malaria, Chikungunya, Yellow fever and Zika have major outbreaks since 2014.
  • Pathogen transmission mostly takes place through global travel and trade, unplanned urbanization and climate change.
  • Bed bugs are not known to spread disease. Hence 4 is incorrectly matched.

Main vectors and diseases they transmitted are:

Vector

Disease

Aedes mosquito

  • Chikungunya. Hence 1 is correctly matched
  • Dengue fever
  • Lymphatic filariasis
  • Rift Valley fever
  • Yellow fever
  • Zika

Anopheles mosquito

  • Malaria. Hence 1 is correctly matched
  • Lymphatic filariasis

Culex mosquito

 

  • Japanese encephalitis
  • Lymphatic filariasis
  • West Nile fever

Sandflies

  • Leishmaniasis( Kala-Azar)
  • Sandfly fever (phlebotomus fever)

Ticks

 

  • Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
  • Lyme disease
  • Relapsing fever (borreliosis)
  • Tick-borne encephalitis
  • Tularaemia

 

Triatomine bugs

 

  • Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis)

Tsetse flies

  • Sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis). Hence 3 is incorrectly matched

Fleas

 

  • Plague (transmitted by fleas from rats to humans)
  • Rickettsiosis

Black flies

 

  • Onchocerciasis (river blindness)

Lice

 

  • Typhus and louse-borne relapsing fever
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